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Snoopy

Snoopy

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A small white dog in the Peanuts comic strip who imagines adventures
  • proper noun
: Snoopy
  • In the comic strip 'Peanuts', Snoopy often imagines himself as a famous pilot.
  • Snoopy's doghouse
  • Snoopy the beagle
  • Snoopy and Charlie

Yes, it's my Snoopy Christmas sweater from Target.

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Examples

  • Oh, I'm Peter and, uh, my dog's name is Snoopy.

    Seventy Times Seven (2012)

  • Hershleder remembered coming home from camp one summer to find that Snoopy was missing.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The parents know that when they see Snoopy, they should read the note!

    Academic text (2006)

  • A woman in a tight black dress steps out and opens a Snoopy umbrella.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Lucy opens her Snoopy umbrella.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The first of which is a vintage Snoopy coin bank that is heavier than the coins you can put inside it.

    Blog text (22)

  • "NASA named the command module 'Charlie Brown' and the lunar module 'Snoopy.'"

    Blog text (18)

  • As a preschooler, I was enamored with Snoopy from Peanuts, a beagle.

    Blog text (27)

  • Imogen bounced into the kitchen, clutching her Snoopy pajamas and a toothbrush, anxious to get going with her own evening plans.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • In the square outside, other tour-goers photographed large statues of Snoopy, continuing a St. Paul tradition that has each year featured Lucy, Schroeder, and other popular Peanuts characters.

    Academic text (2004)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Snoopy was created by cartoonist Charles Schulz and looks like the English word snoop ('to look around' or 'be nosey') with a friendly -y at the end. So the name feels playful and helps you remember Snoopy's curious, imaginative, adventurous character.