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Meaning of Sneaker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsnikɚ

Definitions

  1. One who sneaks.
  2. An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.
    Atlantic-Canada, Australia, Florida, New-Zealand, Northeastern, US
  3. A vessel of drink.
    UK, archaic, dialectal
  4. A large cup (or small basin) with a saucer and cover.
    India, archaic
  5. A sneaker male.

Equivalents

Examples

“Beshrew the man who on such a day as this, the general festival, should affect to stand aloof. I am none of those sneakers. I am free of the corporation, and care not who knows it.”
“Spectator I have just left the right worshipful and his myrmidons about a sneaker of five gallons!”
“These sneakers may go on this way indefinitely, or, if one of the big males somehow dies or disappears, a sneaker male's hormones will trigger a huge growth spurt and he'll metamorphose into an alpha male.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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