snoop

🇺🇸 /snuːp/ 🇬🇧 /snuːp/
Frequency
Difficulty
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verb
R

to secretly look around a place to find out private information about someone

I saw someone snooping around the office, so I asked them what they were doing.

noun
R

a person who secretly looks around a place to find out private information about someone

The snoop was caught by the security guard.

R

a secret look around a place

I decided to take a snoop around the house before going to bed.

translation

v. to secretly look around a place to find out private information about someone
n. a person who secretly looks around a place to find out private information about someone; a secret look around a place

Word Forms

3rd Present snoops
Past snooped
Perfect snooped
Progressive snooping
Plural snoops