snoop

[skinem]

snoop

Pronunciation: 'snüp
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Dutch snoepen to buy or eat on the sly; akin to Dutch snappen to snap
: to look or pry especially in a sneaking or meddlesome manner
- snoop·er noun

Interesting (to me) that the meaning of the word morphed from the original Dutch meaning to today's current meaning.
(No, I don't look in other people's medicine cabinets. There are some things I just don't want to know.)

[Slava]

I agree, an interesting expansion. I think I can see how it came about, in a way. If you wish to eat on the sly, you'd better know what is where and how to get to it, so you have to snoop around before you can snoop.

Now I have to ask the BIG question. What does this have to do with the most famous Beagle in American history?

[LukeJavan8]

(No, I don't look in other people's medicine cabinets. There are some things I just don't want to know.)

And for that reason alone, I keep nothing in mine that
would in any way interest anyone who found snooping
to be of an addiction.

[Stargzer]

I agree, an interesting expansion. I think I can see how it came about, in a way. If you wish to eat on the sly, you'd better know what is where and how to get to it, so you have to snoop around before you can snoop.

Now I have to ask the BIG question. What does this have to do with the most famous Beagle in American history?

All Beagles are snoops, as well as being eating machines. There nose leads them into trouble, especially our dog, who looks to be part beagle and part bassett, with some of the worst of both. (No that's not him in the avatar; time to change that, I guess. That one's a Presa Canario pup we fostered for a week.)

Dogs are four-footed, fanged, furry two-year olds with a touch of ADD, ODD, and Autism.

[LukeJavan8]

Any dog out walking its master stops about every
14 feet to do some snooping. They could all be
named "Snoopy". I've known quite a few who were.