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(snūp) pronunciation
intr.v., snooped, snoop·ing, snoops.
To pry into the private affairs of others, especially by prowling about.

n.
One who snoops.

[Dutch snoepen, to eat on the sly.]

snooper snoop'er n.

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verb

    To look into or inquire about curiously, inquisitively, or in a meddlesome fashion: poke, pry. Informal nose (around). Idioms: stick one's nose into. See investigate, participate/abstain.

noun

    A person who snoops: prier, pry, snooper. See investigate, participate/abstain.


v

Definition: nose around
Antonyms: ignore, neglect

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"Snoop" is a noun and verb referring to one who pries into the business of others; a busybody; it may also refer to:

In aviation:

In entertainment:

  • Snoop Dogg, a rapper, actor and music producer
  • Snoop (The Wire), a character in the television series The Wire
    • Felicia Pearson, also nicknamed "Snoop", the actress who plays the aforementioned character of the same name
  • Snoopy, famous character in the comic strip Peanuts

In technology:

  • snoop (software), a utility to capture and inspect network packets, included with the Solaris operating system
  • a snoop cycle in a microprocessor's cache coherency mechanism

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - snuse rundt, spionere
n. - snushane, spion

idioms:

  • snoop on    udspionere

Nederlands (Dutch)
neuzen, rondsnuffelen, spioneren, bemoeial

Français (French)
v. intr. - espionner
n. - fouineur

idioms:

  • snoop about    fouiner, fureter
  • snoop on    espionner qn

Deutsch (German)
v. - schnüffeln
n. - jemand, der sich überall einmischt

idioms:

  • snoop about    herumschnüffeln (ugs)
  • snoop on    jmdn. heimlich überwachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (καθομ.) αναζητώ, ψάχνω, χώνω τη μύτη μου, ανακατώνομαι
n. - (καθομ.) κάποιος που ψάχνει, φιλοπερίεργος, αδιάκριτος, ντεντέκτιβ

idioms:

  • snoop on    κατασκοπεύω

Italiano (Italian)
frugare, ficcare il naso, ficcanaso

idioms:

  • snoop on    spiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - bisbilhotar, xeretar
n. - mexerico (m), bisbilhotice (f), curioso (m)

idioms:

  • snoop on    bisbilhotar, xeretar

Русский (Russian)
совать нос в чужие дела, шпионить, прикарманивать, человек, сующий нос в чужие дела, "ищейка", самолет-шпион

idioms:

  • snoop on    шпионить (за кем-л.)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - curiosear, fisgar, entrometerse
n. - entrometido, fisgón, detective

idioms:

  • snoop about    curiosear
  • snoop on    espiar, fisgonear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - snoka, spionera
n. - snok, spion

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
探听, 偷窃, 调查, 到处窥视, 私家侦探, 爱管闲事的人

idioms:

  • snoop on    窥探, 窥察

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 探聽, 偷竊, 調查
n. - 到處窺視, 私家偵探, 愛管閒事的人

idioms:

  • snoop on    窺探, 窺察

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (수상하게) 배회하다, 기웃거리며 다니다, 시시콜콜히 캐다
n. - 탐정, 기웃거리는 사람, 스파이

idioms:

  • snoop on    사생활을 염탐하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - のぞき回る人
v. - のぞき回る, 詮索する, スパイする

idioms:

  • snoop on    うろうろ探す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستطلع بتطفل (الاسم) ألمتطفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮חיטט, רחרח, תחב חוטמו, חיפש הפרות חוק‬
n. - ‮בלש, חטטן‬


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