snoop

[ snoop ]

/ snup /

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.

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of snoop

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

OTHER WORDS FROM snoop

snoop·er, noun

Words nearby snoop

snog, snollygoster, snood, snook, snooker, snoop, snooper, snooperscope, snoopy, snoose, snoot

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Example sentences from the Web for snooping

And they have no idea about the latest revelations of inappropriate NSA snooping.
Senators Clueless About NSA Bombshell|Tim Mak|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eventually Congress learned the NSA was also snooping on U.S. citizens through programs code named Minaret and Shamrock.
Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can’t Stop Another Snowden|Eli Lake|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In other bipartisan news, President Obama fixes NSA snooping.
Up to a Point: P.J. O’Rourke on SOTU, the Super Bowl and Nukes|P. J. O’Rourke|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The technology itself is only about flying without pilots, not snooping from above.
Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Drones|Pierre Hines|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Harry is understandably keen to try to protect Cressida from snooping snappers.
Is Prince Harry Going to Get Engaged?|Tom Sykes|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Anyway, I heard they caught him snooping around the grounds of Chancellor last year and mighty near tore his shirt off.
Full-Back Foster|Ralph Henry Barbour
Couple of the men found him snooping around the office last night, and after locking him up, woke me up and told me about him.
The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves|Claude A. Labelle
The moment they catch us snooping they'll assume we're enemies.
The Wailing Octopus|Harold Leland Goodwin
"Here's a couple of empty bottles," said Whistlebinkie, who had been snooping curiously about the room.
Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad|John Kendrick Bangs
The snow would cover up the tracks he had left in the event that Art Maddox did any snooping.
Cold Ghost|Chester S. Geier

British Dictionary definitions for snooping

snoop

/ (snuːp) informal /

verb

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

noun

a person who pries into the business of others

an act or instance of snooping

Derived forms of snoop

snoopy, adjective

Word Origin for snoop

C19: from Dutch snoepen to eat furtively

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