snoop

verb
UK: /snuːp/
US: /snuːp/

  1. To look around a place secretly, in order to find out things.

    1. I saw him snoop in my room.
    2. She was snooping around my office, looking for confidential files.

Synonyms

pry spy peep poke
snoop noun

  1. Someone who tries to find out about other people's private affairs.

    1. Don't be a snoop.
    2. My neighbor is such a snoop, always watching what I do.
snoop intransitive-verb

  1. To secretly try to discover things about someone else's activities.

    1. I don't want to snoop on you.
    2. Reporters will snoop around to get information for their stories.
snoop transitive-verb

  1. To secretly examine someone's personal things.

    1. He likes to snoop emails.
    2. She snooped my diary, it wasn't funny at all for me.

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "snoop" is /snuːp/ in British English and /snuːp/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "snoop": pry, spy, peep, poke.

Example usage of "snoop": "I saw him snoop in my room.". More examples on the page.