snoop

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

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.

Noun

1. The act of snooping.
2. One who snoops.
3. A private detective.

Konzepte

schnüffeln

Schnüffler

herumspionieren

spionieren

Schnüfflerin

Privatdetektiv

Schnüffeln

Synonyme

spy

pry

sleuth

stag

🦌

overhear

detect

busybody

snooper

ferret

intrude

investigate

kibitzer

lie in wait

lurk

meddler

muckraker

nark

nose

👃

nose out

nosy

observe

poke

ransack

scout

skulk

sneak

sneaking

snoop around

snuff

snuffle

spy on

steal

stealthy

surreptitious

tattler

waylay

be nosy

be inquisitive

fish

🐟

ambuscade

be meddlesome

ambush

detective

🕵️

dig

furtive

gossip

gossipy

informer

interfere

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/snuːp/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.