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- [snoop]
- /snup/
- /snuːp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [snoop]
- /snup/
Definitions of snoop word
- verb without object snoop to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way. 1
- noun snoop an act or instance of snooping. 1
- noun snoop a person who snoops. 1
- noun snoop a private detective. 1
- intransitive verb snoop pry, investigate 1
- intransitive verb snoop prowl 1
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Origin of snoop
First appearance:
before 1825 One of the 37% newest English words
1825-35, Americanism; < Dutch snoepen to take and eat food on the sly
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Snoop
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snoop popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snoop usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snoop
noun snoop
- babbler — a person who babbles
- bird's eye view — You say that you have a bird's eye view of a place when you are looking down at it from a great height, so that you can see a long way but everything looks very small.
- bloodhound — A bloodhound is a large dog with a very good sense of smell. Bloodhounds are often used to find people or other animals by following their scent.
- busybody — If you refer to someone as a busybody, you are criticizing the way they interfere in other people's affairs.
- chatterer — A chatterer is the same as a chatterbox.
verb snoop
- catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- chime in — If you chime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- fish out — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- get a load of — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
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