snoopy

Variant of snoop

snoop definition

snoop (sno̵̅o̅p)

intransitive verb

Informal to look about in a sneaking, prying way

Etymology: Du snoepen, to eat snacks on the sly

noun

  1. a person who snoops
    also snooper snoop′er
  2. the act of snooping

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