To snoop is to investigate or poke around, typically into someone's private affairs or where you are not wanted.
(verb)When you peek in someone's bushes and look through their trash to find out more about them, this is an example of a time when you snoop.
The definition of a snoop is a detective or a person who investigates by poking around into people's private affairs.
(noun)A person who spies on her neighbors every night with a telescope is an example of a snoop.
See snoop in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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intransitive verb
Origin: Du snoepen, to eat snacks on the sly
noun
See snoop in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb snooped, snoop·ing, snoops
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Origin: Dutch snoepen, to eat on the sly
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