Snoopy

Học thuật
Thân thiện
Definition
  1. Adjective:

    • Offensively curious or inquisitive: Showing excessive interest in other people's private affairs or business.
  2. Noun:

    • A fictional beagle: The name of a famous pet dog character in the comic strip "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The snoopy reporter kept asking personal questions.
    • I don't tell her anything because she's too snoopy.
  • Noun:
    • My favorite character in "Peanuts" is Snoopy.
    • The child had a stuffed toy of Snoopy.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be/get snoopy": to act in an intrusively curious manner.
    • The landlord was getting snoopy about who was visiting the tenants.
Variants and Related Words
  • Snoop (verb): To look around or investigate in a secretive or intrusive manner.
    • He was caught snooping through the office files.
  • Snooper (noun): A person who snoops.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Nosy, prying, inquisitive, curious, meddlesome.
  • Noun: (Character name; no direct synonyms)
Related Phrases
  • Snoop around: To look around a place secretly to find out information.
    • I saw someone snooping around the back yard last night.
Adjective
  1. offensively curious or inquisitive
    • curious about the neighbor's doings
    • he flipped through my letters in his nosy way
    • prying eyes
    • the snoopy neighbor watched us all day
Noun
  1. a fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz