snooping
Meaning of snooping
noun, gerund or present participle
- the action of furtively trying to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs.
don't generate any emails that would make their snooping worthwhile
- relating to or engaged in a furtive attempt to find out information about someone's private affairs.
there had been a surge in complaints about snooping neighbours
high-tech snooping devices
- investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs.
your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping about
mid 19th century: from Dutch snœpen ‘eat on the sly’.
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Hyphenation of snooping
snoop-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- snooping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
snooping synonyms
Meaning inquire too closely into a person's private affairs:
Meaning investigate; look into:
Meaning pry into something:
Meaning pry into other people's affairs:
Meaning carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth:
Meaning travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it:
Meaning try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly:
Anagrams of snooping
Words that rhyme with snooping
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