snoop.html - v. & n.
colloq. --v.

intr.
1 pry into matters one need not be concerned with.
2 (often foll. by about, around) investigate in order to find out transgressions of the law etc.

--n.

1 an act of snooping.
2 a person who snoops; a detective.

snooper n. snoopy adj. [Du. snoepen eat on the sly]

snoop.html - n.
US a device which converts infrared radiation into a visible image, esp. used for seeing in the dark.

snoop.html - n.
1 an ornamental hairnet usu. worn at the back of the head.
2 a ring of woollen etc. material worn as a hood.
3 a short line attaching a hook to a main line in sea fishing.
4 hist. a ribbon or band worn by unmarried women in Scotland to confine their hair. [OE snod]

snoop.html - n.
sl. a contemptuous gesture with the thumb to the nose and the fingers spread out.

cock a snook (often foll. by at)
1 make this gesture.
2 register one's contempt (for a person, establishment, etc.). [19th c.: orig. unkn.]

snoop.html - n.
a marine fish, Centropomus undecimalis, used as food. [Du. snoek: see SNOEK]

snoop.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a game played with cues on a rectangular baize-covered table in which the players use a cue-ball (white) to pocket the other balls (15 red and 6 coloured) in a set order.
2 a position in this game in which a direct shot at a permitted ball is impossible.

--v.

tr.
1 (also refl.) subject (oneself or another player) to a snooker.
2 (esp. as snookered adj.) sl. defeat; thwart. [19th c.: orig. unkn.]