snoop
verb/snuːp/
/snuːp/
[intransitive] (informal, disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snoop | /snuːp/ /snuːp/ |
| he / she / it snoops | /snuːps/ /snuːps/ |
| past simple snooped | /snuːpt/ /snuːpt/ |
| past participle snooped | /snuːpt/ /snuːpt/ |
| -ing form snooping | /ˈsnuːpɪŋ/ /ˈsnuːpɪŋ/ |
- to find out private things about somebody, especially by looking secretly around a place
- snoop (around/round something) Someone's been snooping around my apartment.
- snoop (on somebody) journalists snooping on politicians
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Dutch snœpen ‘eat on the sly’.Want to learn more?
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