sneaker

sneaker

English

A pair of sneakers

A tennis shoe

Etymology

sneak +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsnikɚ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːkə(ɹ)

Noun

sneaker (plural sneakers)

1. One who sneaks.
   • 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 559961973:

     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.

2. (US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.
3. (UK, dialect, archaic) A vessel of drink.
   • Spectator

     I have just left the right worshipful and his myrmidons about a sneaker of five gallons!

4. (India, archaic) A large cup (or small basin) with a saucer and cover.
5. (biology) A sneaker male.
   • 2008, Faye Flam, The Score: The Science of the Male Sex Drive‎:

     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.

Synonyms

• (sports shoes): kicks, tennis shoe (US), trainer (UK), runner (Australia), running shoe, see also Thesaurus:sports shoe

Hypernyms

• sports shoe

Derived terms

• sneaker wave

Translations

one who sneaks

Arabic: مُتَسَلِّل‎ (mutasallil) Finnish: hiiviskelijä, hiipijä German: Schleicher m, Schleicherin f Spanish: pillo (es) m

leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers

Albanian: atlete (sq) Arabic: حِذَاء رِيَاضِيّ‎ m (ḥiḏāʾ riyāḍiyy) Egyptian Arabic: جزمة رياضية‎ f (gázma reyaḍéyya), كوتشى‎ m (kótši) Bulgarian: гуменки (bg) f pl (gumenki), маратонки (bg) f pl (maratonki) Catalan: vamba (ca) f, ked f (Lleida), sabatilla (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 波鞋 (bo1 haai4) Mandarin: 球鞋 (zh) (qiúxié), 運動鞋／运动鞋 (zh) (yùndòngxié) Czech: tenisky f pl, kecky f pl Dutch: sportschoenen (nl) pl or m Finnish: lenkkarit (fi) pl (colloquial), lenkkitossut pl, tossut (fi) pl French: baskets (fr) f pl, tennis (fr) f pl, espadrille (fr) f (Canada) Galician: tenis (gl) f, zapatilla f Georgian: სპორტული ფეხსაცმელი (sṗorṭuli pexsacmeli), ბოტასი (boṭasi), კედი (ḳedi) German: Turnschuhe (de) m pl, Leinenschuhe m pl, Schnürschuhe (de) m pl, Sneakers (de) m pl, Sportschuhe (de) m pl, Tennisschuhe (de) m pl, Greek: αθλητικά παπούτσια n pl (athlitiká papoútsia) Hungarian: tornacipő (hu), edzőcipő (hu) Icelandic: strigaskór (is) m Italian: scarpe da ginnastica f pl, scarpe da tennis f pl Japanese: スニーカー (sunīkā), 運動靴 (うんどうぐつ, undōgutsu) Korean: 운동화 (ko) (undonghwa) Lithuanian: sportbačiai pl, sportiniai batai pl Macedonian: па́тики f pl (pátiki) Malay: kasut sukan Norman: traîneurs m pl Norwegian: joggesko m Polish: tenisówki f pl, adidas (pl) m, trampek (pl) m Portuguese: tênis (pt) m, ténis (pt) m (Portugal) Romanian: baschet (ro) n Russian: кроссо́вки (ru) f pl (krossóvki), сни́керы (ru) m pl (sníkery), ке́ды (ru) m pl or f pl (kédy) Scottish Gaelic: brògan-cleasachd f pl Spanish: tenis m (especially Latin America, regional usage in Spain - in full : zapato de tenis), bamba f (Northeastern Spain), botín m (Seville, Southern Spain), champión m (Paraguay, Uruguay), deportiva f (Spain), espores m pl (Northeastern Argentina), espais m pl (Cantabria, Northern Central Spain), gomas f pl (Northwestern Venezuela), guachicón m (Northeastern Venezuela), kets m pl (Lleida, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain), kids m pl (Bolivia), maripís m pl (Aragon, Northern Central Spain), playera f (Spain), popis m pl (Cuba), zapatilla deportiva f (Argentina, Chile, Panama, Peru, Spain), zapato de goma m (Venezuelan standard usage), deportivas (es) f Swedish: gymnastikskor (sv), gympadojor (slang), gympaskor c pl Turkish: jimnastik ayakkabısı, lastik ayakkabı, lastik pabuç, sessiz ayakkabı, (slang) spor ayakkabı; spor ayakkabısı Ukrainian: кросі́вка f (krosívka), кросі́вки f pl (krosívky)

Anagrams

• Keerans, Keresan

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ikər

Noun

sneaker m (plural sneakers, diminutive sneakertje n)

1. sneaker

Synonyms

• sportschoen, gymschoen

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈnikeɾ/ [ezˈni.keɾ]
• Rhymes: -ikeɾ

Noun

sneaker m (plural sneakeres)

1. sneaker