Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
The act of snooping. · One who snoops. · A private detective.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo be devious and cunning so as not to be seen. · To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others. · To steal.
From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”) or maybe Old Norse snópa (“to idle about dismally”), or (“to use a blood found”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.
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