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

/ snuːp /

verb

1. intr; often foll by about or around to pry into the private business of others

noun

1. a person who pries into the business of others
2. an act or instance of snooping

Derived Forms

• ˈsnoopy, adjective

Other Words From

• snooper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of snoop¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of snoop¹

C19: from Dutch snoepen to eat furtively

Example Sentences

Hidden defects could allow a stealthy snoop to penetrate the security unnoticed.

From Science News

We don’t try to address an older target audience with our broader brand campaigns like with a Super Bowl ad, or when we do things with Snoop and Lady Gaga.

From Digiday

The subscription email service Hey not only blocks these snoops, it also tattles on trackers and tells you exactly what kind each message in your inbox is using.

From Popular-Science

Her first celebrity beef began when Snoop Dogg started Instagramming some pretty vile things about her, seemingly unprovoked.

From The Daily Beast

The beef began three days ago, when Snoop posted an unflattering Iggy meme to his Instagram.

From The Daily Beast

The Artist Formerly Known as Snoop Lion posts an unflattering meme of Iggy Azalea and all hell breaks loose.

From The Daily Beast

“Hip-hop's involvement in politics isn't a new thing,” the inimitable Snoop Dogg, now known as Snoop Lion, told Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

There is no character named Tupac, nor is there a Suge, a Dre, a Snoop, an Afeni, or a Biggie.

From The Daily Beast

Schirr always was a snoop and not above taking money for writing biased stories.

From Project Gutenberg

He would occasionally snoop around back porches in search of anything the butcher might have left.

From Project Gutenberg

"And she says we're snoop-cats and we might as well go back home—now," continued the Demon.

From Project Gutenberg

They also had fun with Snoop, their pet cat, and with Snap, their dog.

From Project Gutenberg

A white ball went by them, a very pretty snoop, and pretty soon another lady and a caddy loomed on their range of vision.

From Project Gutenberg