snoop

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /snuːp/

Verb

snoop (snoops, present participle snooping; past and past participle snooped)

1. To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
2. To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.

   If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.

Related terms

• snoop around

Translations

• French: espionner
• German: spionieren
• Russian: высле́живать
• Spanish: disimulado

Translations

• German: spionieren, schnüffeln
• Russian: высле́живать
• Spanish: fisgonear, espiar, husmear

Noun

snoop (plural snoops)

1. The act of snooping
2. One who snoops

   Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop.

3. A private detective

   She hired a snoop to find out if her husband was having an affair.

Translations

• German: Schnüffeln
• Russian: подсма́тривание
• Spanish: husmear, fisgar

Translations

• German: Schnüffler, Schnüfflerin
• Russian: стука́ч

Translations

• German: Schnüffler, Privatdetektiv
• Italian: (slang) segugio
• Russian: ча́стный детекти́в
• Spanish: detective

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