The Open Dictionary

sneaking

adjective

UK/ˈsniː.kɪŋ/
US/ˈsniː.kɪŋ/

Definitions of sneaking adjective

  1. Before noun

    A sneaking feeling is a subtle, often unacknowledged, feeling or suspicion that something might be the case.

    • She had a sneaking feeling that something was not quite right.

    • I've got a sneaking feeling we might have missed something.

    • He had a sneaking suspicion he should have prepared more thoroughly.