How do you pronounce snuck?

The recorded pronunciation is /snʌk/.

snuck

/snʌk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

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Canadian usage; American usage

"I snuck into the theatre because the movie had already started."
"She thought she had snuck in without being observed ...until she felt a hand on her shoulder!"
"Ruth asks, "You give your wife the car?" "There was nobody there. I snuck in and out. I left the key inside." "And nobody caught you?""

The irregular form snuck originated by analogy with struck for the past of strike, stuck for the past of stick, etc. Snuck was originally limited to a few dialects, but is now very widespread (especially in American English) and is recognized by most dictionaries. The word is now one of the best examples of irregularization of a regular verb, along with dove.

sneaked

fuck luck stuck truck struck suck duck chuck buck puck tuck pluck

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