Sekirov Dictionary

snoop

/snuːp/

noun 3
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 2

noun3

The act of snooping.
•
One who snoops.
- Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop.
•
A private detective.
- She hired a snoop to find out if her husband was having an affair.

verb3

•
To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
- If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.
To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
•
(slang, old-fashioned) To steal.
- 'What on earth do Coker and his parcel of tuck matter to us? You're not thinking of snooping his tuck, I suppose, like Bunter.' — 1956

forms

snooped · snooping · snoops

Phrases with snoop

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