snoop

VerbSubstantivin Dialogen belegt

//snuːp//

To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.

Verb

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.
3
veraltendTo steal.
'What on earth do Coker and his parcel of tuck matter to us? You're not thinking of snooping his tuck, I suppose, like Bunter.'

Herkunft

From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”) or maybe Old Norse snópa (“to idle about dismally”), or (“to use a blood found”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.

Substantiv

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.
Garrison's snoops regularly stole Kirkwood's mail while he was in New Orleans—only a federal offense.

Formen

Plural: snoops
Präteritum: snooped
Partizip II: snooped
Partizip I: snooping
3. Person Singular: snoops

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snoop · To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.

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