Antonyms for snooping

Grammar : Verb

Spell : snoop

Phonetic Transcription : snup

Definition of snooping

Origin : 1832, "to go around in a prying manner," American English, probably from Dutch snoepen "to pry," also "eat in secret, eat sweets, sneak," probably related to snappen "to bite, snatch" (see snap (v.)). Specific meaning "to pry into other people's business" is attested from 1921. Related: Snooped; snooping.

verb nose around

Example sentences :

You never can tell when Jeremiah is snooping about, and he's a telltale.
Extract from : « The Cat in Grandfather's House » by Carl Henry Grabo

Don't want any of that gang to come and find us snooping around.
Extract from : « The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers » by Claude A. Labelle

He did that by night, just in case patrol craft might be snooping around.
Extract from : « Duel on Syrtis » by Poul William Anderson

A snooping neighbor had noted the license of the car that had taken him away.
Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred

I'd hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing.
Extract from : « Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays » by Various

Here now, you run along and do some snooping yourself about the ranch.
Extract from : « The Mucker » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The moment they catch us snooping they'll assume we're enemies.
Extract from : « The Wailing Octopus » by Harold Leland Goodwin

Look how long she had put up with Mrs. Hewitt's snooping around.
Extract from : « The Brimming Cup » by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

He's little, and he's mean, and snooping, and crooked as a dog's hind leg.
Extract from : « A Certain Rich Man » by William Allen White

Arden and Dorothy were snooping about, looking through the cracks in the shutters, and even peered under the bed.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Jockey Hollow » by Cleo Garis

Synonyms for snooping

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