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snooper

noun

Definition of snooper

as in spy

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Recent Examples of snooper Rather than being a delightful add-on, rechargeability in a poison-snooper could save lives in non-electrified remote locations, or in disaster zones where electricity is temporarily unavailable. — New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026 The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025 It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access. — ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Like…one part princess…one part stripper…one part Russian spy.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Swashbuckling adventures and war epics proliferated in the ’30s and ’40s, while things took a turn toward spies, cops, assassins, and sci-fi in later generations.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of spy

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Similar to how goggles protect your peepers from chlorine (and the burning feeling that can follow after opening your eyes in a swimming pool), goggles work very well to combat onion tears, Hale says.

— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026

Definition of peeper

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Police described the intruder as a 6-foot-tall skinny Black man between 30 and 40 years old, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

— Logan Hall, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Bret and Thom run to Susan’s bedroom door, which opens to reveal Debbie and Ryan cowering shirtless before the long-haired intruder.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of intruder

Noun

On 227, Williams starred as Lester Jenkins, who has his own construction company in support of his busybody wife, Mary (Gibbs), and their studious daughter, Brenda (Regina King).

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Since her ballerina kindergarten years, Sukihana—the rapper, reality television star, podcaster, and soon-to-be mom of four—has been a polymathic busybody.

— Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026

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