Definition of Snooping

1. Verb. (present participle of snoop) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snooping

1. snoop [v] - See also: snoop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snooping

snookums
snool
snooled
snooling
snools
snoop
snoop around
snooped
snooper
snoopers
snoopervision
snoopier
snoopiest
snoopily
snoopiness
snooping (current term)
snoops
snoot
snooted
snootful
snootfuls
snootier
snootiest
snootily
snootiness
snootinesses
snooting
snoots
snooty
snooze

Literary usage of Snooping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin and American Process by Frederick J Harrison, W I Scandlin (1899)
"It is a pity that the great book of this gifted writer on "snooping" is not more widely known, for no photographic library is complete without it, ..."

2. Corrie Who? by Maximilian Foster (1908)
"And even if they really were n't snooping when she caught them, ... But when Mrs. Pinchin detected anyone in the act of snooping, it seemed to ..."

3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... or when the name of the perpetrator of some action is refused, snooping, to snoop (American), to pry into, to go about picking up bits of food. ..."

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