Tom decided to snoop around and see what he could find out.
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Snoop
//snuːp//
Synonyms for "snoop" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
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Related words (36)
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Translations
85 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَجَسَّسَ verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
Bulgarian
4 entries- подслушване noun (the act of snooping)
- слухтене noun (the act of snooping)
- частен детектив noun (a private detective)
- подслушвам verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
Catalan
4 entries- dotor noun (one who snoops)
- dotoreig noun (the act of snooping)
- espiar verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
- tafanejar verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
Czech
3 entries- slídit verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
- čmuchat verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
- šmejdit verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
Finnish
4 entries- nuuskija noun (one who snoops)
- nuuskiminen noun (the act of snooping)
- urkinta noun (the act of snooping)
- urkkija noun (one who snoops)
French
4 entries- détective privé noun (a private detective)
- enquête noun (the act of snooping)
- fouine noun (one who snoops)
- investigation noun (the act of snooping)
Galician
1 entries- fisgar verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
German
4 entries- Privatdetektiv noun (a private detective)
- Schnüffeln noun (the act of snooping)
- Schnüffler noun (one who snoops)
- Schnüffler noun (a private detective)
Italian
1 entries- segugio noun (a private detective)
Māori
1 entries- mahi huna verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
Polish
4 entries- szpicel noun (a private detective)
- węszenie noun (the act of snooping)
- wścibska osoba noun (one who snoops)
- myszkować verb (to be devious and cunning so as not to be seen)
Portuguese
2 entries- bisbilhotar verb (to be devious and cunning so as not to be seen)
- espionar verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
Russian
4 entries- детекти́в noun (a private detective)
- ище́йка noun (one who snoops)
- ище́йка noun (a private detective)
- подгля́дывание noun (the act of snooping)
Spanish
4 entries- detective noun (a private detective)
- fisgar noun (the act of snooping)
- husmear noun (the act of snooping)
- disimulado verb (to be devious and cunning so as not to be seen)
Swedish
3 entries- snok noun (a private detective)
- snokande noun (the act of snooping)
- spionera verb (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)
Turkish
4 entries- araştırma noun (the act of snooping)
- araştırıcı noun (one who snoops)
- hafiye noun (a private detective)
- gizlice aramak verb (to be devious and cunning so as not to be seen)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
She sent a couple of private investigators to snoop on her ex-husband. I wonder if she still loves him.
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Don't snoop in my boxes!
Source: tatoeba (9369212)
Tom likes to snoop around.
Source: tatoeba (10147435)
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