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snooping

/ˈsnuːpɪŋ/

/ˈsnupɪŋ/

snooping around

snoopingnoun

Translations

шпионаж

Snooping on your neighbors is not a good habit.

Шпионаж за соседями - это не хорошая привычка.

подглядывание

He was caught snooping through her personal files.

Его поймали на подглядывании в её личные файлы.

Additional translations

разведка

Definitions

The act of investigating or looking around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially private information about someone.

Her constant snooping into her neighbor's affairs eventually led to a confrontation.

The practice of monitoring electronic data or communications to gather information.

Network snooping can expose confidential customer details.

Synonyms

snoopinggerund / present participle

/ˈsnuːpɪŋ/

/ˈsnupɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe people or things that pry into others' affairs

Definitions

Engaged in or characterized by secret investigation or nosiness.

She was tired of the snooping neighbors asking personal questions.

snoopverb

snooping

Gerund

snooped

Past Simple

snooped

Past Participle

snooping

Gerund

/snuːp/

/snup/

Translations

вынюхивать

She was caught trying to snoop through her boss's emails.

Её поймали, когда она пыталась вынюхивать в электронных письмах своего начальника.

шпионить

He likes to snoop around his neighbor's garden.

Ему нравится шпионить в саду соседа.

Additional translations

разведывать

пронюхивать

Definitions

To investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs.

She decided to snoop around her brother's room to find out what he was hiding.

In computing, to monitor data traffic or signals, typically for diagnostic or security purposes.

System administrators can snoop network packets to troubleshoot connectivity issues.

Synonyms

snoop around

ferret out

pry

snoopnoun

Definitions

A person who investigates or looks around secretly in an attempt to find out private information about someone or something.

The snoop was caught rifling through the confidential files in the office.

An act of investigating or looking around secretly to find out private information.

Her snoop into her brother's room revealed a stash of hidden candy.

A software tool or utility that captures or monitors data traffic for analysis.

Run a snoop on the interface to see what packets are being dropped.

snoopadjective

Definitions

Relating to or designed for secret investigation or surveillance of private information.

The company installed snoop software to monitor network activity.