"sneaking suspicion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sneaking suspicions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sneaking suspicion (plural sneaking suspicions)
  1. A premonition, or hunch. A belief based on little evidence. Translations (premonition, or hunch; belief based on very little evidence): hiipivä epäilys (Finnish), snikende mistanke (Norwegian Bokmål), premonición [feminine] (Spanish), presentimiento [masculine] (Spanish), aning [common-gender] (Swedish), (smygande) föraning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sneaking_suspicion-en-noun-cyrSrgNH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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