snoop

POS

Noun, Verb (intransitive)

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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

snoop(v = verb.communication) sleuth, spy, stag - watch, observe, or inquire secretly; Array

is one way to monitor, supervise

Derived forms noun snoop₁, noun snooper₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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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.

Derivative

snooper n. snoopy adj.

Etymology

Du. snoepen eat on the sly

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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