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Snooped vs Snooked - What's the difference?

snooped | snooked |

As verbs the difference between snooped and snooked

is that snooped is past tense of snoop while snooked is past tense of snook.

snooped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (snoop)
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    snoop

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
  • To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
  • If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of snooping
  • One who snoops
  • Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop .
  • A private detective
  • She hired a snoop to find out if her husband was having an affair.

    References

    * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

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    snooked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (snook)

  • snook

    English

    (wikipedia snook)

    Alternative forms

    * snoek

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes, especially
  • # , the common snook.
  • Any of various other fishes. See (pedialite).
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for snook.
  • Derived terms
    * bay snook * common snook

    Etymology 2

    From the 19th century. origin, possibly related to (snoot) or (snout). (rfphoto)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, pejorative, as a gesture) A disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth.
  • Derived terms
    * cock a snook * cocking of a snook * snook-cocker * snook-cocking

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To sniff out.
  • (obsolete) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
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