to snoop
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5.7
- verb
- /snuːp/
:
fisgonear
- Parole Officer steps over to the refrigerator, opens it, and snoops around inside.
- snoop around
And that's what she was doing when she was cleaning my house, snooping for our condoms.
- And that's what she was doing when she was cleaning my house, snooping for our condoms.
- Sherry started to Snoop around and soon discovered what she says was a trail of lies.
- I think it's when we went to Liverpool and we popped into John Lewis and obviously had a little Snoop around the makeup counters and it was this.
- Why am I the asshole for leaving a fake positive pregnancy test in the bedroom to catch my husband's mom snooping?
- All right, like if I did snooping like that, I would.
- I Google it or I Snoop it or I call the the local drunk down the street who's going to the Barber shop because he knows everything.
Examples
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"Who are you, and why are you snooping through my wastebasket?"
Fiction book (1995) -
He was caught snooping through her personal belongings when she returned home.
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Returning as an adult who knew how to snoop, he had done research, asked around, and made notes.
Fiction book (2000) -
Sherry started to Snoop around and soon discovered what she says was a trail of lies.
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The last time you snooped around a case is when you got put back on the beat.
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Don't go snooping around, or you might not like what you find.
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She was snooping around because she was worried about you, about what you'd gotten yourself into.
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Yes, she is back and she can't even seem to get her feet wet before certain people start snooping around trying to check up on her.
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I noticed someone snooping around my computer while I was out of the room.
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They keep snooping in my garden, trying to figure out what I am growing.
Synonyms
352
4.2
To secretly watch someone to see what they do
132
4.4
To secretly watch someone to get information for a government or company
119
1.1
To look quickly and secretly at something
66
5.3
Try to learn about someone's private life in an impolite way
65
7.3
To secretly listen to phone calls or messages to get information
27
6.0
To follow someone closely and secretly to watch what they do
23
5.0
To secretly listen to other people's private conversations without them knowing
17
7.7
To try to find out private things about someone by looking or asking
9
8.4
To watch people or places closely to get information and stop crime
8
7.2
Try to find out private things about someone in an annoying way
3
6.5
To look for information quietly by following clues
1
7.5
To try to find out private things about someone without their permission
Try to find out private facts about someone without permission
How Intrusive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snoop is easy to picture as an action: think of quietly sniffing around for information, like someone looking without being seen. That's why to snoop means to watch or try to find out things in a secret, sneaky way.