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snooping

snooping is the present participle and gerund of snoop.

Meaning of snoop

Verb

snoop (third-person singular simple present snoops, present participle snooping, simple past and past participle snooped)

  1. To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
  2. To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
    • If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.
  3. (UK, dated, slang) To steal.
    • 'What on earth do Coker and his parcel of tuck matter to us? You're not thinking of snooping his tuck, I suppose, like Bunter.'1956, Charles Hamilton, The Banishing of Billy Bunter

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Noun

snooping (plural snoopings)

  1. A secret spying or investigation.

Forms of snooping

pluralsnoopings

Words formed from snooping

Phrases with snooping

Questions about snooping

What does snooping mean?
Snooping means a secret spying or investigation.
What is snooping the present participle and gerund of?
Snooping is the present participle and gerund of snoop.
What part of speech is snooping?
Snooping is a noun.
What is the plural of snooping?
The plural of snooping is snoopings.

Words near snooping in the dictionary

  1. snoopery
  2. snoopier
  3. snoopiest
  4. snoopily
  5. snoopiness
  6. snooping
  7. snooping around
  8. snoopingly
  9. snoopings
  10. snoopish
  11. snoopishness

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