Definition of snoop
intransitive verb
: to look or pry especially in a sneaking or meddlesome manner
snooper
nounRead the Latest from M-W
Examples of snoop in a Sentence
She locks up her diary to keep her brother from snooping.
Government agencies have been snooping on them for years.
She doesn't want reporters snooping into her personal life.
Recent Examples of snoop from the Web
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Case detectives suspected the trucks were trying to use mounted video cameras and microphones to snoop on their meetings in a third-floor conference room.
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Snoop Dogg posted a response video on Instagram and Twitter that has been shared thousands of times with affirming comments.
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Snoop Dogg, October 2014 The drama went down when Snoop posted an Instagram trashing Iggy’s looks.
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Once inside the partners’ accounts, the thieves snooped on highly sensitive documents about upcoming mergers.
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No one wants to face involuntary manslaughter, so the evening becomes a nightmare of a corpse, intrusive neighbors and snooping law enforcement.
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Snoop’s trial-and-error phase began in his early teens.
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Seth calls the head of the organ transplant list, following up after Jeffries' snooping around.
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Snoop Dogg and Meghan Trainor also played that final Saturday.
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Origin and Etymology of snoop
Dutch snoepen to buy or eat on the sly; akin to Dutch snappen to snap
Examples of snoop in a Sentence
No, I didn't read your e-mail. I'm no snoop.
We had a snoop around their apartment.
Recent Examples of snoop from the Web
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A friend takes out her trash, dispersing it around town to evade snoops.
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A friend takes out her trash, dispersing it around town to evade snoops.
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Snoop posted a follow-up video apologizing after rapper T.I. stepped in and prompted him to do so.
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The urge to look around — or worse, snoop and go through another person's things — is always there.
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The two had met before when Snoop was dealing, but Dre had never heard his music until his step-brother Warren G played a Snoop tape at a bachelor party, Dre said.
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With the days of Snoop Lion and Snoopzilla in the rare view mirror, Snoop Dogg is gearing up to take fans back to the distinct style and sound of '90s-era Snoop Doggy Dogg with the release of his fifteenth studio album, Neva Left.
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At the center is a snoop-proof courtroom capable of trying six alleged co-conspirators before one judge and jury.
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The Camp Justice compound also has a series of maximum-security, snoop-proof office-style trailers for attorneys to handle classified documents.
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First Known Use of snoop
circa 1890
SNOOP Defined for English Language Learners
snoop
playDefinition of snoop for English Language Learners
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: to look for private information about someone or something
snoop
Definition of snoop for English Language Learners
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: someone who looks for private information about someone or something : someone who snoops
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: a secret look around a place
SNOOP Defined for Kids
Definition of snoop for Students
snooped
;snooping
: to look or search especially in a sneaking or nosy way
snooper
nounDefinition of snoop for Students
: a person who looks or searches in a sneaky or nosy way
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