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11snoop — informal ► VERB ▪ investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something. ► NOUN 1) an act of snooping. 2) a person who snoops. DERIVATIVES snooper noun. ORIGIN Dutch snœpen eat on the sly …
12snoop — ☆ snoop [sno͞op ] vi. [Du snoepen, to eat snacks on the sly] Informal to look about in a sneaking, prying way n. Informal 1. a person who snoops: also snooper 2. the act of snooping snoopy adj. snoopier, snoopiest …
13snoop|er|y — «SNOO puhr ee», noun. the practice of snooping: »It is a scandalous state of affairs when the snoopery of private wiretapping becomes so well established (Newsweek) …
14snoop — I UK [snuːp] / US [snup] verb [intransitive] Word forms snoop : present tense I/you/we/they snoop he/she/it snoops present participle snooping past tense snooped past participle snooped 1) to secretly try to get information that someone would not …
15snoop — snoop1 [ snup ] verb intransitive 1. ) to secretly try to get information that someone would not want you to have: She s been snooping around asking questions. Somebody went snooping through my desk while I was gone. 2. ) snoop on to watch… …
16snoop — [[t]snu͟ːp[/t]] snoops, snooping, snooped 1) VERB If someone snoops around a place, they secretly look around it in order to find out things. [V adv/prep] Ricardo was the one she d seen snooping around Kim s hotel room. [Also V] Derived words:… …
17Snoop — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Snoop Dogg (anciennement Snoop Doggy Dogg), de son vrai nom Calvin Broadus, un rappeur et acteur américain snoop, un programme informatique (packet… …
18snoop — 1. verb a) To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen If I had not snooped on her, I wouldnt have found out that she lied about her degree. b) To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others. 2. noun …
19snoop — 1. verb 1) don t snoop into our affairs Syn: pry into, inquire into/about, be inquisitive about/of, be curious about, poke about/around, be a busybody about, poke one s nose into; interfere in/with, meddle in/with, intrude on; informal be nosy… …
20snoop — [[t]snup[/t]] v. i. Informal. 1) inf to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way 2) inf an act or instance of snooping 3) inf Also, snoop′er. a person who snoops • Etymology: 1825–35, amer.; < D snoepen to take and eat food on the sly… …
