SNOOP


Meaning of SNOOP in English

/ snuːp; NAmE / verb , noun

■ verb

[ v ] snoop (around / round sth) | snoop (on sb) ( informal , disapproving ) to find out private things about sb, especially by looking secretly around a place :

Someone's been snooping around my apartment.

journalists snooping on politicians

►  snoop·er noun = snoop

■ noun

1.

(also snoop·er ) a person who looks around a place secretly to find out private things about sb

2.

[ sing. ] a secret look around a place :

He had a snoop around her office.

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Dutch snœpen eat on the sly.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.