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snoop
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun snoop has 1 sense
- snoop(n = noun.person) snooper - a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others; Array has particulars: eavesdropper
is a kind of spy
Derived forms verb snoop1, adjective snoopy1
Verb snoop has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
snoop, v. & n. colloq.
--v.intr.
1 pry into matters one need not be concerned with.
2 (often foll. by about, around) investigate in order to find out transgressions of the law etc.
--n.
1 an act of snooping.
2 a person who snoops; a detective.
--v.intr.
1 pry into matters one need not be concerned with.
2 (often foll. by about, around) investigate in order to find out transgressions of the law etc.
--n.
1 an act of snooping.
2 a person who snoops; a detective.
Derivative
snooper n. snoopy adj.
Etymology
Du. snoepen eat on the sly
THESAURUS
snoop
Paul Pry, Paul-Pry, Peeping Tom, audient, auditor, backseat driver, busybody, butt-in, buttinsky, eavesdropper, fool with, gossip, hearer, hearkener, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, interfere, intermeddle, intermeddler, intrude, intruder, kibitz, kibitzer, listener, meddle, meddle with, meddler, mess with, monkey with, mouse, nose, nose around, nosy Parker, overhearer, peek, peep, peeper, peer, poke, pragmatist, prier, private detective, private eye, private investigator, pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, rubberneck, rubbernecker, scopophiliac, shamus, sightseer, snook, snooper, spy, stare, tamper with, voyeur, yenta
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