slyboots
noun [C] /ˈslaɪ.buːts/ (plural slyboots) UK old-fashioned informalDefinition
› a person who avoids showing or telling other people what he or she is thinking or intending: [as form of address] You old slyboots! Why didn't you tell us about your new girlfriend?Secrecy and privacy
(Definition of slyboots noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anonymity noun
- anonymous adjective
- backroom noun
- backstage adjective, adverb
- be none of sb's business idiom
- covert adjective
- covertly adverb
- coy adjective (SECRET)
- crypto- prefix
- dead men tell no tales idiom
- mum adjective
- my lips are sealed idiom
- off the record idiom
- off-message adverb, adjective
- official secret noun
- trade secret noun
- ulterior adjective
- under the table idiom
- under wraps idiom
- undisclosed adjective
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Secrecy and privacy
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