Definition of snoop in English:

snoop

verb snuːpsnup

[no object]informal

Investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs.
窥探，打探（某事，尤指隐私）
your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping about
如果你姐姐四处打探一下，也许会找到戒指。
Example sentencesExamples
- When there's a guy who breaks into my business and snoops around without my permission, it gets pretty important to me!
- While my sister was snooping in my room she spotted the Canada guide and asked if she could read it.
- It's every parent's dream: a device for snooping on what teenagers get up to in the family car.
- I catch her going through my drawers and backpack, and she snoops on my little brother even more, searching his room and listening to his phone conversations.
- In the meantime, I suggest you stop snooping on what the neighbours are doing and tend to your own lives.
- After snooping round the house for a bit, we rode our bikes back to the hotel.
- The idea of the state snooping into the affairs of private citizens is anathema in a country which takes individual liberties seriously.
- One of his agents is Jack who snoops about and pinpoints dangerous but valuable potential crimes.
- This is why she shouldn't be snooping in my private letters, for crying out loud!
- This isn't just a question of nosy politicians snooping on the citizens they are supposed to be representing.
- There's no telling what he'll do when he snoops around my house and finds out what's really going on.
- I left it in the middle of his bed knowing that he would know I snooped to find it, but I didn't care.
- Protect your privacy and keep anyone from snooping into your information.
- The idea of Government employees snooping through people's private records is one that will cause alarm.
- This feature is basically a game wherein the viewer can snoop around Eddie's office and find all kinds of information about the production of the film.
- Mom will probably look a little guilty and may admit she snooped.
- It's when the media and the activists start snooping around that the problems start.
- Does this involve snooping around company dustbins, intercepting illicit cargoes in high-speed chases?
- And if it does know an intrusion occurred, the victim company ordinarily won't know whether the hacker just snooped around a little, or actually managed to see a lot.
- Rather than snooping around and trying to retrieve it I thought it would be best to just own up and ask if you've seen it.
Synonyms
pry, enquire impertinently, be inquisitive (about), enquire, do some detective work
be curious, poke about/around, mind someone else's business, be a busybody, nose into, stick/poke one's nose in/into
interfere (in/with), meddle (in/with), intrude (on)
informal be nosy (about), nosy
Australian/New Zealand informal stickybeak
investigate, explore, ferret (about/around) in, rummage in, search, delve into, peer into, prowl around, nose around/about/round, have a good look at

noun snuːpsnup

informal

1A furtive investigation.
I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop
我可以回到她居住的村舍里再打探一次。
Example sentencesExamples
- 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.
Synonyms
search, nose, look, prowl, ferret, poke, exploration, investigation
1. 1.1 A person who furtively tries to find out information about someone's private affairs.
  窥探，打探（某事，尤指隐私）
  I start talking without admitting that I'm a professional snoop
  Example sentencesExamples
  He knew he shouldn't look through it, and he wasn't a snoop at heart, but it was calling him.
  Hiring a professional snoop is a good way to find out.
  I hope he doesn't think I'm some kind of snoop for touching it.
  Those punish snoops who pry into someone else's private affairs, anyone who publicly discloses embarrassing private facts, and publicity that shows someone in a false light.
  And, as usual, the law is unlikely to catch the professional snoop.
  They could have been hiding photos and mementos of her somewhere, but I just wasn't born to be a snoop.
  I had a feeling you would look, you little snoop.
  She didn't care that he was one of the cutest boys she'd ever seen, he was a nosy snoop and that was it!
  That's when you catch the snoop in your rear-view mirror, methodically recording your license plate in a notepad.
  My mother was a great snoop, she'd call it ‘cleaning up’ and I'd come home from a weekend at my Dad's to find she'd rifled through my things.
  Your personal matters and movements are supposed to be just that - personal, beyond the reach of either government or corporate snoops.
  But while Congress wants to shield citizens against government snoops, it has no such qualms when private companies collect the data.
  I was about to open it, but I heard voices echoing up the stairs, and, not wanting to appear as a snoop, I rushed back into the living room.
  After a quick reprimand and warning that Santa doesn't like snoops, the matter was dropped.
  What I am saying is that if our personal information - some of it extraordinarily sensitive - is archived in corporate or government databases and protected only by the weak shield of the law, it's vulnerable to federal snoops.
  You think she was stalling so the snoop could finish her job?
  The blond cheerleader narrowed her eyes and then ignored the snoop.
  That way, dutiful snoops can see if any of the hundreds of alien detainees in custody have ever purchased a firearm.
  You're saying he was basically just being a snoop, and that's all there is to this?
  That's what I get for being a snoop, I guess - and for being so clumsy.

Derivatives

snooper

nounˈsnuːpəˈsnupər

informal

True the regime is snoopy and paranoid, but there is one perspective which should be taken into account by anybody who wants to start criticising them.
Synonyms
eavesdropper, pryer, interferer, meddler, busybody
Example sentencesExamples
- He is not a snoopy, self-righteous, trouble-making person.
- Curious and snoopy, we all watched as they both got out of their cars.

snoopy

adjective

informal

My parents aren't the snoopy, overbearing kind that stop by to check on your laundry technique.
Example sentencesExamples
- She looked about twenty something, about as old as Toni, only way too snoopy for her own good.
- Curious and snoopy, we all watched as they both got out of their cars.
- He is not a snoopy, self-righteous, trouble-making person.
- True the regime is snoopy and paranoid, but there is one perspective which should be taken into account by anybody who wants to start criticising them.
Synonyms
eavesdropper, pryer, interferer, meddler, busybody
investigative journalist
investigator, detective, private detective, private investigator, operative
British enquiry agent
informal snoop, nosy parker, Paul Pry, private eye, PI, sleuth
North American informal private dick, peeper, shamus, gumshoe
Australian/New Zealand informal stickybeak
informal, dated hawkshaw, sherlock
North American dated Pinkerton

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Dutch snœpen 'eat on the sly'.

Rhymes

bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, sloop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop

Definition of snoop in US English:

snoop

verbsno͞opsnup

[no object]informal

Investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs.
窥探，打探（某事，尤指隐私）
your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping around
如果你姐姐四处打探一下，也许会找到戒指。
Example sentencesExamples
- It's when the media and the activists start snooping around that the problems start.
- I left it in the middle of his bed knowing that he would know I snooped to find it, but I didn't care.
- The idea of the state snooping into the affairs of private citizens is anathema in a country which takes individual liberties seriously.
- This feature is basically a game wherein the viewer can snoop around Eddie's office and find all kinds of information about the production of the film.
- And if it does know an intrusion occurred, the victim company ordinarily won't know whether the hacker just snooped around a little, or actually managed to see a lot.
- Rather than snooping around and trying to retrieve it I thought it would be best to just own up and ask if you've seen it.
- When there's a guy who breaks into my business and snoops around without my permission, it gets pretty important to me!
- There's no telling what he'll do when he snoops around my house and finds out what's really going on.
- After snooping round the house for a bit, we rode our bikes back to the hotel.
- In the meantime, I suggest you stop snooping on what the neighbours are doing and tend to your own lives.
- This is why she shouldn't be snooping in my private letters, for crying out loud!
- Does this involve snooping around company dustbins, intercepting illicit cargoes in high-speed chases?
- One of his agents is Jack who snoops about and pinpoints dangerous but valuable potential crimes.
- Protect your privacy and keep anyone from snooping into your information.
- It's every parent's dream: a device for snooping on what teenagers get up to in the family car.
- The idea of Government employees snooping through people's private records is one that will cause alarm.
- While my sister was snooping in my room she spotted the Canada guide and asked if she could read it.
- Mom will probably look a little guilty and may admit she snooped.
- This isn't just a question of nosy politicians snooping on the citizens they are supposed to be representing.
- I catch her going through my drawers and backpack, and she snoops on my little brother even more, searching his room and listening to his phone conversations.
Synonyms
pry, enquire impertinently, be inquisitive, be inquisitive about, enquire, do some detective work
investigate, explore, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret around in, rummage in, search, delve into, peer into, prowl around, nose about, nose around, nose round, have a good look at

nounsno͞opsnup

informal

1A furtive investigation.
I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop
我可以回到她居住的村舍里再打探一次。
Example sentencesExamples
- 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.
Synonyms
search, nose, look, prowl, ferret, poke, exploration, investigation
eavesdropper, pryer, interferer, meddler, busybody
1. 1.1 A person who furtively tries to find out information about someone's private affairs.
  窥探，打探（某事，尤指隐私）
  Example sentencesExamples
  You think she was stalling so the snoop could finish her job?
  What I am saying is that if our personal information - some of it extraordinarily sensitive - is archived in corporate or government databases and protected only by the weak shield of the law, it's vulnerable to federal snoops.
  That's what I get for being a snoop, I guess - and for being so clumsy.
  I was about to open it, but I heard voices echoing up the stairs, and, not wanting to appear as a snoop, I rushed back into the living room.
  I hope he doesn't think I'm some kind of snoop for touching it.
  And, as usual, the law is unlikely to catch the professional snoop.
  That way, dutiful snoops can see if any of the hundreds of alien detainees in custody have ever purchased a firearm.
  Hiring a professional snoop is a good way to find out.
  Those punish snoops who pry into someone else's private affairs, anyone who publicly discloses embarrassing private facts, and publicity that shows someone in a false light.
  They could have been hiding photos and mementos of her somewhere, but I just wasn't born to be a snoop.
  I had a feeling you would look, you little snoop.
  You're saying he was basically just being a snoop, and that's all there is to this?
  That's when you catch the snoop in your rear-view mirror, methodically recording your license plate in a notepad.
  She didn't care that he was one of the cutest boys she'd ever seen, he was a nosy snoop and that was it!
  But while Congress wants to shield citizens against government snoops, it has no such qualms when private companies collect the data.
  After a quick reprimand and warning that Santa doesn't like snoops, the matter was dropped.
  The blond cheerleader narrowed her eyes and then ignored the snoop.
  My mother was a great snoop, she'd call it ‘cleaning up’ and I'd come home from a weekend at my Dad's to find she'd rifled through my things.
  He knew he shouldn't look through it, and he wasn't a snoop at heart, but it was calling him.
  Your personal matters and movements are supposed to be just that - personal, beyond the reach of either government or corporate snoops.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Dutch snœpen ‘eat on the sly’.

词汇	snoop
释义	Definition of snoop in English: snoop verb snuːpsnup [no object]informal Investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs. 窥探，打探（某事，尤指隐私） your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping about 如果你姐姐四处打探一下，也许会找到戒指。 Example sentencesExamples When there's a guy who breaks into my business and snoops around without my permission, it gets pretty important to me! While my sister was snooping in my room she spotted the Canada guide and asked if she could read it. It's every parent's dream: a device for snooping on what teenagers get up to in the family car. I catch her going through my drawers and backpack, and she snoops on my little brother even more, searching his room and listening to his phone conversations. In the meantime, I suggest you stop snooping on what the neighbours are doing and tend to your own lives. After snooping round the house for a bit, we rode our bikes back to the hotel. The idea of the state snooping into the affairs of private citizens is anathema in a country which takes individual liberties seriously. One of his agents is Jack who snoops about and pinpoints dangerous but valuable potential crimes. This is why she shouldn't be snooping in my private letters, for crying out loud! This isn't just a question of nosy politicians snooping on the citizens they are supposed to be representing. There's no telling what he'll do when he snoops around my house and finds out what's really going on. I left it in the middle of his bed knowing that he would know I snooped to find it, but I didn't care. Protect your privacy and keep anyone from snooping into your information. The idea of Government employees snooping through people's private records is one that will cause alarm. This feature is basically a game wherein the viewer can snoop around Eddie's office and find all kinds of information about the production of the film. Mom will probably look a little guilty and may admit she snooped. It's when the media and the activists start snooping around that the problems start. Does this involve snooping around company dustbins, intercepting illicit cargoes in high-speed chases? And if it does know an intrusion occurred, the victim company ordinarily won't know whether the hacker just snooped around a little, or actually managed to see a lot. Rather than snooping around and trying to retrieve it I thought it would be best to just own up and ask if you've seen it. Synonyms pry, enquire impertinently, be inquisitive (about), enquire, do some detective work be curious, poke about/around, mind someone else's business, be a busybody, nose into, stick/poke one's nose in/into interfere (in/with), meddle (in/with), intrude (on) informal be nosy (about), nosy Australian/New Zealand informal stickybeak investigate, explore, ferret (about/around) in, rummage in, search, delve into, peer into, prowl around, nose around/about/round, have a good look at noun snuːpsnup informal 1A furtive investigation. I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop 我可以回到她居住的村舍里再打探一次。 Example sentencesExamples 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. Synonyms search, nose, look, prowl, ferret, poke, exploration, investigation 1.1 A person who furtively tries to find out information about someone's private affairs. 窥探，打探（某事，尤指隐私） I start talking without admitting that I'm a professional snoop Example sentencesExamples He knew he shouldn't look through it, and he wasn't a snoop at heart, but it was calling him. Hiring a professional snoop is a good way to find out. I hope he doesn't think I'm some kind of snoop for touching it. Those punish snoops who pry into someone else's private affairs, anyone who publicly discloses embarrassing private facts, and publicity that shows someone in a false light. And, as usual, the law is unlikely to catch the professional snoop. They could have been hiding photos and mementos of her somewhere, but I just wasn't born to be a snoop. I had a feeling you would look, you little snoop. She didn't care that he was one of the cutest boys she'd ever seen, he was a nosy snoop and that was it! That's when you catch the snoop in your rear-view mirror, methodically recording your license plate in a notepad. My mother was a great snoop, she'd call it ‘cleaning up’ and I'd come home from a weekend at my Dad's to find she'd rifled through my things. Your personal matters and movements are supposed to be just that - personal, beyond the reach of either government or corporate snoops. But while Congress wants to shield citizens against government snoops, it has no such qualms when private companies collect the data. I was about to open it, but I heard voices echoing up the stairs, and, not wanting to appear as a snoop, I rushed back into the living room. After a quick reprimand and warning that Santa doesn't like snoops, the matter was dropped. What I am saying is that if our personal information - some of it extraordinarily sensitive - is archived in corporate or government databases and protected only by the weak shield of the law, it's vulnerable to federal snoops. You think she was stalling so the snoop could finish her job? The blond cheerleader narrowed her eyes and then ignored the snoop. That way, dutiful snoops can see if any of the hundreds of alien detainees in custody have ever purchased a firearm. You're saying he was basically just being a snoop, and that's all there is to this? That's what I get for being a snoop, I guess - and for being so clumsy. Derivatives snooper nounˈsnuːpəˈsnupər informal True the regime is snoopy and paranoid, but there is one perspective which should be taken into account by anybody who wants to start criticising them. Synonyms eavesdropper, pryer, interferer, meddler, busybody Example sentencesExamples He is not a snoopy, self-righteous, trouble-making person. Curious and snoopy, we all watched as they both got out of their cars. snoopy adjective informal My parents aren't the snoopy, overbearing kind that stop by to check on your laundry technique. Example sentencesExamples She looked about twenty something, about as old as Toni, only way too snoopy for her own good. Curious and snoopy, we all watched as they both got out of their cars. He is not a snoopy, self-righteous, trouble-making person. True the regime is snoopy and paranoid, but there is one perspective which should be taken into account by anybody who wants to start criticising them. Synonyms eavesdropper, pryer, interferer, meddler, busybody investigative journalist investigator, detective, private detective, private investigator, operative British enquiry agent informal snoop, nosy parker, Paul Pry, private eye, PI, sleuth North American informal private dick, peeper, shamus, gumshoe Australian/New Zealand informal stickybeak informal, dated hawkshaw, sherlock North American dated Pinkerton Origin Mid 19th century: from Dutch snœpen 'eat on the sly'. Rhymes bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, sloop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop Definition of snoop in US English: snoop verbsno͞opsnup [no object]informal Investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs. 窥探，打探（某事，尤指隐私） your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping around 如果你姐姐四处打探一下，也许会找到戒指。 Example sentencesExamples It's when the media and the activists start snooping around that the problems start. I left it in the middle of his bed knowing that he would know I snooped to find it, but I didn't care. The idea of the state snooping into the affairs of private citizens is anathema in a country which takes individual liberties seriously. This feature is basically a game wherein the viewer can snoop around Eddie's office and find all kinds of information about the production of the film. And if it does know an intrusion occurred, the victim company ordinarily won't know whether the hacker just snooped around a little, or actually managed to see a lot. Rather than snooping around and trying to retrieve it I thought it would be best to just own up and ask if you've seen it. When there's a guy who breaks into my business and snoops around without my permission, it gets pretty important to me! There's no telling what he'll do when he snoops around my house and finds out what's really going on. After snooping round the house for a bit, we rode our bikes back to the hotel. In the meantime, I suggest you stop snooping on what the neighbours are doing and tend to your own lives. This is why she shouldn't be snooping in my private letters, for crying out loud! Does this involve snooping around company dustbins, intercepting illicit cargoes in high-speed chases? One of his agents is Jack who snoops about and pinpoints dangerous but valuable potential crimes. Protect your privacy and keep anyone from snooping into your information. It's every parent's dream: a device for snooping on what teenagers get up to in the family car. The idea of Government employees snooping through people's private records is one that will cause alarm. While my sister was snooping in my room she spotted the Canada guide and asked if she could read it. Mom will probably look a little guilty and may admit she snooped. This isn't just a question of nosy politicians snooping on the citizens they are supposed to be representing. I catch her going through my drawers and backpack, and she snoops on my little brother even more, searching his room and listening to his phone conversations. Synonyms pry, enquire impertinently, be inquisitive, be inquisitive about, enquire, do some detective work investigate, explore, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret around in, rummage in, search, delve into, peer into, prowl around, nose about, nose around, nose round, have a good look at nounsno͞opsnup informal 1A furtive investigation. I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop 我可以回到她居住的村舍里再打探一次。 Example sentencesExamples 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. Synonyms search, nose, look, prowl, ferret, poke, exploration, investigation eavesdropper, pryer, interferer, meddler, busybody 1.1 A person who furtively tries to find out information about someone's private affairs. 窥探，打探（某事，尤指隐私） Example sentencesExamples You think she was stalling so the snoop could finish her job? What I am saying is that if our personal information - some of it extraordinarily sensitive - is archived in corporate or government databases and protected only by the weak shield of the law, it's vulnerable to federal snoops. That's what I get for being a snoop, I guess - and for being so clumsy. I was about to open it, but I heard voices echoing up the stairs, and, not wanting to appear as a snoop, I rushed back into the living room. I hope he doesn't think I'm some kind of snoop for touching it. And, as usual, the law is unlikely to catch the professional snoop. That way, dutiful snoops can see if any of the hundreds of alien detainees in custody have ever purchased a firearm. Hiring a professional snoop is a good way to find out. Those punish snoops who pry into someone else's private affairs, anyone who publicly discloses embarrassing private facts, and publicity that shows someone in a false light. They could have been hiding photos and mementos of her somewhere, but I just wasn't born to be a snoop. I had a feeling you would look, you little snoop. You're saying he was basically just being a snoop, and that's all there is to this? That's when you catch the snoop in your rear-view mirror, methodically recording your license plate in a notepad. She didn't care that he was one of the cutest boys she'd ever seen, he was a nosy snoop and that was it! But while Congress wants to shield citizens against government snoops, it has no such qualms when private companies collect the data. After a quick reprimand and warning that Santa doesn't like snoops, the matter was dropped. The blond cheerleader narrowed her eyes and then ignored the snoop. My mother was a great snoop, she'd call it ‘cleaning up’ and I'd come home from a weekend at my Dad's to find she'd rifled through my things. He knew he shouldn't look through it, and he wasn't a snoop at heart, but it was calling him. Your personal matters and movements are supposed to be just that - personal, beyond the reach of either government or corporate snoops. Origin Mid 19th century: from Dutch snœpen ‘eat on the sly’.
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