SNOOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Snoopy mean? 

• SNOOPY (noun)
  The noun SNOOPY has 1 sense:

1. a fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz

  Familiarity information: SNOOPY used as a noun is very rare.

• SNOOPY (adjective)
  The adjective SNOOPY has 1 sense:

1. offensively curious or inquisitive

  Familiarity information: SNOOPY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

• SNOOPY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Offensively curious or inquisitive

Synonyms:

nosey; nosy; prying; snoopy

Context example:

the snoopy neighbor watched us all day

Similar:

curious (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns))

Derivation:

snoop (a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others)

snoopiness (offensive inquisitiveness)