snoop
noun/snuːp/
/snuːp/
- (also snooper[countable] a person who looks around a place secretly to find out private things about somebody/ˈsnuːpə(r)//ˈsnuːpər/)
- [singular] a secret look around a place
- He had a snoop around her office.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Dutch snœpen ‘eat on the sly’.
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