snoop
[snoop]Informal.
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verb (used without object)
to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
noun
an act or instance of snooping.
a person who snoops.
a private detective.
Origin of snoop
1825–35, Americanism; < Dutch snoepen to take and eat food on the sly
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Related Words for snooped
peep, intrude, detective, sleuth, meddler, rubberneck, eavesdropper, snooper, scout, gumshoe, pry, busybody, quidnunc, pragmatist, ferret, stare, spy, poke, peek, interfereExamples from the Web for snooped
Historical Examples of snooped
Fred told about he an' Gus campin' by the river, an' I snooped up that way.
Down the SlopeJames Otis
She would have snooped; I didn't; that's the only generic difference.
The Fighting ChanceRobert W. Chambers
The workmen who had been engaged for work at the Grange had been snooped for work at the Hall.
The Hall and the GrangeArchibald Marshall
We snooped all around the trunk room and rummaged in every box big enough to hold a dwarf.
Winnie ChildsC. N. Williamson
Dozens of stoop-shouldered laboratory men would have prodded and snooped and asked for long, written accounts.
snoop
verb
noun
Word Origin for snoop
C19: from Dutch snoepen to eat furtively
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