informal
■ verb investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something.
■ noun
1》 an act of ~ing.
2》 a person who ~s.
Derivatives
~er noun
~y adjective
Origin
C19: from Du. snœpen 'eat on the sly'.
informal
■ verb investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something.
■ noun
1》 an act of ~ing.
2》 a person who ~s.
Derivatives
~er noun
~y adjective
Origin
C19: from Du. snœpen 'eat on the sly'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004