snoopy

Thân thiện

A snoopy neighbor peered through the curtains.

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.

Học thuật

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nosy
• nosey
• prying
• Snoopy