stealth

English

Etymology

steal +‎ -th

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stĕlth, IPA(key): /stɛlθ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlθ

Noun

stealth (countable and uncountable, plural stealths)

  1. (uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
  2. (archaic, countable) An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.
    • 1877, George Hill, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, page 352:
      [The King] thinks it fit[...] that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).

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Verb

stealth (third-person singular simple present stealths, present participle stealthing, simple past and past participle stealthed)

  1. (military, computing) To conceal or infiltrate through the use of stealth.
  2. (slang) To penetrate a sexual partner without a condom through deception.

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