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US
/ˈsnup/
]
[ UK /snˈuːp/ ]
[ UK /snˈuːp/ ]
NOUN
- a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
VERB
- watch, observe, or inquire secretly
How To Use snoop In A Sentence
- During World War II, he developed a camera a hundred times more powerful than the iconoscope, which was the first night-vision camera, called the sniperscope or snooperscope, and he worked on radio-controlled missiles.
- While he pours her feelings out, she treads very carefully and doesn't make the reader feel as though they are crashing into her personal life or snooping into her diary.
- Dey allowed de patterollers to snoop around an 'whup de slaves, mother said dey stripped some of de slaves naked an' whupped 'em. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1
- Roll up that tent every mornin case Forest Service snoops around.
- In theory, it might make sense to give judges the power to grant snooping applications. The Sun
- And if the neighbour dares to try and poke his nose in, pretending to wish me many happy returns when all he really wants is a good snoop around, he'll wish he hadn't.
- I've always enjoyed snooping around other people's homes. Times, Sunday Times
- The government has promised to strengthen protections against police snooping. Times, Sunday Times
- This is why she shouldn't be snooping in my private letters, for crying out loud!
- Snoop Dogg left Mr. Knight's Death Row Records a year after that, and the label slowly declined. NYT > Home Page