SNOOP, SNOOPING, SNOOPY
ADJECTIVES
1942 — NIBBY snoopy, inquisitive, nosy → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1965 — NEBBY-NOSING snooping → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1915 — POKE-NOSE a prying, snoopy, or inquisitive person; a meddler → Amer. dial.
1959 — PIKE a nosy, snoopy, or inquisitive person, a prying person → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1851 — PIMP to snoop, to sneak, to tattle, to inform on → Amer. dial.
1889 — CIPHER ABOUT — CIPHER AROUND to snoop, to nose around into other people’s business → Amer. dial.
1904 — BROGUE to lounge, to idle, to snoop around → Amer. dial.
1921 — STICKYBEAK to pry, to snoop, to be nosy → Aust. & NZ colloq.
1946 — HAWKSHAW to snoop; to inquire → US sl.
1953 — PILFER AROUND to meddle, to snoop → Amer. dial.
1954 — SNOUSE — SNOUSE AROUND to snoop, to rummage; to nose into something without permission; to scout → Amer. dial.
1959 — PIKE to be nosy, to snoop, to pry → Amer. dial.
1999 — SNIPE to snoop; to spy on someone → US sl.