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verb

ˈsnüp How to pronounce snoop (audio)
Definition of snoopnext
as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern a private investigator snooping around the abandoned warehouse

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snoop

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noun

as in spy

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Recent Examples of snoop
Verb
This leads to a lively scene where Carl and his glowering right-hand man make an impromptu visit to Hypergnosis headquarters and demand a demonstration of Duncan’s snooping network. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026 Anymore, which will allow subscribers to snoop at a deep level on just about anyone in the world; the war against the data eaters, the name suggests, is long since lost, and is none of your business, anyway. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
Illustration by Patricia Bolaños New York, as the best gossips know, is a snoop’s paradise—a nirvana for nosiness, an intermeddler’s Eden. — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025 Walter hacks into the internet and Lottie’s phone while Shauna mopes around, and Misty snoops in Lottie’s pockets and drawers for evidence. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snoop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoop
  1. interfere
  2. spy
  3. mess
  4. snooper
  5. poke
  6. peeper
Verb
  • Here’s when to watch and how to catch the best views before bright moonlight interferes.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • One area where the government interfered rather aggressively in the economy concerned the rates and tariffs the railroads charged.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Definition of interfere
Noun
  • The concept of spy satellites recording images and sucking up communications signals is well-known.
    — Gerry Doyle, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • Possession tells the story of a spy (Neill) and his increasingly fraught relationship with his wife (Adjani) who wants a divorce after having an affair.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
Definition of spy
Verb
  • There was something a little therapeutic about messing it up.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
  • The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of mess
Noun
  • The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of snooper
Verb
  • Her breasts poke at the thin fabric of her gown, and there are shadows in the folds of the bed linen.
    — Diane Williams, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
  • This included one of their players poking a finger into the ear of the Belgian penalty-spot protector Diego Moreira, and responding to the reactionary elbow to the tummy by going down, and staying down, on top of the penalty mark.
    — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of poke
Noun
  • Similar to how goggles protect your peepers from chlorine (and the burning feeling that can follow after opening your eyes in a swimming pool), goggles work very well to combat onion tears, Hale says.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
  • The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Definition of peeper

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