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verb

Definition of snoopsnext
present tense third-person singular of snoop
as in interferes
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern a private investigator snooping around the abandoned warehouse

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snoops

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noun

plural of snoop
as in spies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoops
  1. interferes
  2. pokes
  3. intruders
Verb
  • Channel your energy into knowledge, education and updating your skills, and make your intentions crystal clear to anyone who interferes.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Rather than offering this kind of wide but simple protection, politics interferes.
    Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of interferes
Verb
  • The logic sounds airtight until the market pokes holes in it.
    John Walkup, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Elsewhere in the promos, Thompson pokes fun at his long tenure.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of pokes
Noun
  • The free exhibition includes scrolls, earthenware, sculptures, and inks on paper of fearsome demons and monsters in their role of either causing havoc on earth or acting as protectors against evil forces and harmful intruders.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • New molecules swimming around the brain can be a threat, so substances called enzymes had long ago deployed inside the man to attack the intruders.
    Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of intruders
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