Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial)Given to snooping.

More definitions
  • offensively curious or inquisitive

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Let's call him Snoopy.

    Назвімо його Снупі. — deniko

    ruДавай назовём его Снупи. — marafon

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Compared to Snoopy, Charlie Brown is not well known at all in Japan.

    mikekchar · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From snoop + -y.

From snoop + -y.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

snoopier/more snoopy, snoopiest/most snoopy
Comparativesnoopier / more snoopy Lesson
Superlativesnoopiest / most snoopy Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • offensively curious or inquisitive:nosynoseyprying

Word family

4 related words
Relatedsnoopsnoopiness
Derivedsnoopilysnoopish

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snookersnoopsnootysnoozeC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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