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語源

From sneak +‎ -er. The shoes sense is a reference to the quietness of the shoes.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈsnikɚ/
• 韻: -iːkə(ɹ)

名詞

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: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

     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. (Northeastern US, Florida, 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.

同意語

• (sports shoes): kicks, tennis shoe (US), trainer (UK), runner (Australia), takkie (South Africa), rubber shoe (Philippines), running shoe, see also Thesaurus:sports shoe

上位語

• sports shoe

派生語

アナグラム

• rankees, Keerans, kenares, Keresan