Like leaked as the past tense of leak, sneaked was the original past tense and past participle for sneak, which means “to move in a stealthy or furtive manner.” Used as early as the late 1800s, snuck has become the standard variant past tense and past participle of the verb sneak.Click to see full answer. Also asked, is snuck a real word?Snuck as the past tense form of the verb ‘sneak’ is considered to be a real word chiefly used in North American English. The origin of the word ‘sneak’ itself is somewhat mysterious. The past tense and past participle most commonly used for this verb is sneaked, as in: The thief sneaked in through the backdoor.One may also ask, what does it mean to get snuck? verb. Snuck is defined as having moved around or done something in a secret or dishonest way. An example of snuck is a teenage girl who’s climbed out of her bedroom window after her parents have gone to bed. Accordingly, is it correct to say sneaked or snuck? Of course, the rules of the English language are always evolving, and “snuck” has sneaked its way into our American lexicon. It’s considered the nonstandard past tense—basically meaning that “sneaked” is the preferred word-choice, but “snuck” is also acceptable.How long has snuck been a word?Snuck in History. Sneak had the past tense form sneaked when it first appeared in the late 1500s, but about 300 years later, in the late 1800s, the form snuck started showing up in the United States. To appreciate how odd this is we should recap the two basic English verb categories.

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