Dictionary Definition
snoop n : a spy who makes uninvited inquiries
into the private affairs of others [syn: snooper] v : watch, observe, or
inquire secretly [syn: spy,
stag, sleuth]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From snoepen.Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uːp
Verb
Noun
- The act of snooping
- One who snoops
- Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop.
- A private detective
- She hired a snoop to find out if her husband was having an affair.
Translations
The act of snooping
A private detective
- Finnish: yksityisetsivä
References
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988
Extensive Definition
"Snoop" can refer to:
In entertainment:
- Snoop Dogg, a rapper, actor and music producer
- Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, a character in the television series The Wire
- Felicia Pearson, also nicknamed "Snoop", the actress who plays the above character of the same name
- Snoopy, famous character in the comic strip Peanuts
In technology:
- snoop (software), a utility to capture and inspect network packets, included with the Solaris operating system
- a snoop cycle in a microprocessor's cache coherency mechanism
It can also mean:
snoop in French: Snoop
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Paul Pry, Paul-Pry, Peeping Tom, audient, auditor, backseat driver,
busybody, butt-in,
buttinsky, eavesdropper, fool with,
gossip, hearer, hearkener, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, interfere, intermeddle, intermeddler, intrude, intruder, kibitz, kibitzer, listener, meddle, meddle with, meddler, mess with, monkey with,
mouse, nose, nose around, nosy Parker,
overhearer, peek, peep, peeper, peer, poke, pragmatist, prier, private detective, private
eye, private investigator, pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, rubberneck, rubbernecker, scopophiliac, shamus, sightseer, snook, snooper, spy, stare, tamper with, voyeur, yenta