snooper

«snooper» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who secretly looks into other people's private… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a snooper, snoopers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A snooper is a person who secretly looks into other people's private business, looks around where they should not, or spies. tree →

2) A snooper can also be someone officially checking up on people, like an inspector (often said in a disapproving way). tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a snooper peeks through windows or reads someone's diary, which tells the reader they are nosy. In online safety, snoopers are people or apps trying to see your private information. Phrases: "nosy snooper", "keep snoopers out".

examples

• Our neighbour is a snooper who watches everyone through her curtains. tree →
• Keep your password secret from snoopers. tree →
• The detective caught the snooper reading the letters. tree →
• My little brother is a snooper — he looked in my diary! tree →
• The house had a lock to keep snoopers out. tree →
• (informal) The newspaper called the tax inspectors "snoopers". tree →

note

Countable: a snooper, snoopers. Verb: snoop (snooping, snooped). Similar words: nosy parker (UK, informal), busybody, spy. Do not confuse with "snooker", a game played with balls and cues.

In the corpora

• Snooping can hurt the snooper too: you may read something unkind about yourself.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «snooper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.