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snoop

[ snoop ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.


noun

  1. an act or instance of snooping.
  2. a person who snoops.
  3. a private detective.

snoop

/ Գː /

verb

  1. intr; often foll by about or around to pry into the private business of others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who pries into the business of others
  2. an act or instance of snooping
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԴǴDZ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴǴDZİ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of snoop1

1825–35, Americanism; < Dutch snoepen to take and eat food on the sly
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of snoop1

C19: from Dutch snoepen to eat furtively
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Once she’s in, she’ll snoop for hard evidence of Fred’s infidelity, something he wouldn’t dare bring home with him in case Nancy gets eyes on it.

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And for bears that keep snooping around houses or livestock, there are ways of hazing that don’t involve dogs chasing them.

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Those traits, paired with her knack for snooping, made Harriet just like I was as a child: too curious for my own good, and prone to making mistakes because of it.

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He doled out condescending advice about the group’s security weaknesses, warning their technical incompetence would make them easy targets for left-wing hackers and government snoops.

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Sometimes animal activists come snooping around, Mark said: “We do things differently, and some people don’t understand.”

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