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Definition: Snoopy |
SnoopyAdjective1. Offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day". Noun1. A fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SnoopySynonyms: nosey (adj), nosy (adj), prying (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Curiosity | Adjective: curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious; inquiring; prying, snoopy, nosy, peering; prurient; inquisitorial, inquisitory; curious as a cat; agape; (expectant). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Snoopy |
| English words defined with "snoopy": Charles Munroe Schulz, Charles Schulz ♦ nosey, nosy ♦ prying ♦ Schulz. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "snoopy": Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Although it is worthwhile just to see Xander do the Snoopy dance. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I do not like snoopy reporter with lack of fashion sense, not one little bit. (Zoolander; writing credit: Drake Sather; Ben Stiller) I'm going to mount you Snoopy Doggy Dogg style, housewife. (Girl 6; writing credit: Suzan-Lori Parks) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Snoopy Loopy (1960) | |
Song Titles | Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron (performing artist: The Royal Guardsmen) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Snoopy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 73.58% of the time. "Snoopy" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 73.58% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 26.42% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 53 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "snoopy": snoopy-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
snoopy | 3,678 | my little snoopy | 26 |
picture of snoopy | 276 | snoopy screen saver | 24 |
baby snoopy | 252 | snoopy store | 22 |
camp snoopy | 173 | persona snoopy | 22 |
snoopy wallpaper | 167 | snoopy collectible | 22 |
snoopy screensaver | 70 | snoopy woodstock picture | 22 |
snoopy pic | 63 | snoopy image | 21 |
peanut and snoopy | 61 | coloring page snoopy | 20 |
red baron and snoopy | 55 | snoopy desktop theme | 20 |
snoopy and woodstock | 55 | snoopy joe cool | 19 |
snoopy clipart | 45 | buddy icon snoopy | 19 |
cartoon snoopy | 44 | snoopy card | 19 |
clip art of snoopy | 40 | baby shower snoopy | 19 |
snoopy title | 40 | snoopy etc | 18 |
snoopy watch | 37 | snoopy comic | 18 |
snoopy icon | 34 | snoopy baby bedding | 17 |
snoopy dog | 34 | snoopy flag | 17 |
snoopy e card | 30 | snoopy tattoo | 17 |
charlie brown snoopy | 28 | snoopy dancing | 17 |
fabric snoopy | 27 | snoopy graphic | 16 |
baby picture snoopy | 16 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "snoopy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پویان (Prowler), دزدکی (Privy, Slinky, Stealthy), بعمل اورنده تحقیقات محرمانه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neugierig (agog, curious, inquisitive, inquisitively, inquisitorial, longing to know, nosey, nosily, nosy, prying, pryingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Φιλοπερίεργοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | curioso (agog, curious, inquiring, inquisitive, inquisitorial, nosey, nosy, peculiar, pry, quaint, queer, rummy, sightseeing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スナック麺 (circlip, snack noodle, snake, snake dance, snakeskin, snap, snap ring, snapshot, snatch, sneak in, sneak out, sneak preview, sneaker, snob, snobbism, snooker, snorkel, snow, snow boat, snow gun, snow mobile, snow surfing, snow tire, spark, spark plug, sparkling wine, sparring, sparring partner, spatula, sperm bank, spice, spider, spike, spike heel, spiked shoes, spiker, spiky cut, spiral, spurt, spy, studded snow tire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スヌー"ー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oopysnay высматривающий (peeping), выслеживающий, назойливо любопытный (inquisitive). (various references) curioso (agog, curious, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interested, intriguing, nosey, prying, quizzical, snooping, staring). (various references) Snokande (nosey, nosy, snooping), Snobben. (various references) ซึ่งสอ"รู้สอ"เห็น (nosey, nosy). (various references) Meraklı (addict, addicted, aficionado, amateur, buff, bug, curious, curious person, devotee, fancier, freak, given to, hipped, hipped on, hound, inquiring, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interested, keen, keen on, lover, nosey, nosy, prying, quidnunc, quizzical, rubberneck, snoop, splenetic), Her Ýşe Burnunu Sokan. (various references) sokgarylmak (be snoopy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Snoopy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sloopy, sneepy, snoopa, snoope, snoopi, snop, snory, swoopy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "snoopy" (pronounced snuw"pē) |
| 3 | -uw" p ē | droopy, groupie, Loopy, soupy, Whoopie. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: spoony. | |
| Words within the letters "n-o-o-p-s-y" | |
-1 letter: poons, snoop, spoon. | |
-2 letters: nosy, oops, pons, pony, poon, posy, soon. | |
-3 letters: noo, nos, ons, ops, son, sop, soy, spy, syn, yon. | |
-4 letters: no, on, op, os, oy, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "n-o-o-p-s-y" | |
+1 letter: spooney, youpons. | |
+2 letters: duopsony, opsonify, polygons, snoopily, spooneys, spoonily, toponyms, typhoons. | |
+3 letters: endoscopy, eponymous, hyponoias, hypopyons, monopsony, monotypes, polyzoans, sporogony. | |
+4 letters: anisotropy, gynophores, hypogynous, hypotonias, monkeypods, oligopsony, paronymous, polygonies, polygonums, polygynous, polyphones, responsory, rhinoscopy, scyphozoan, sonography, syncopator, toponymies, toponymist, xylophones. | |
+5 letters: hydrophones, hydroponics, hypotension, monophylies, opsonifying, outspokenly, physiognomy, pinocytoses, pinocytosis, poisonously, polyandrous, polyhedrons, polynomials, polyolefins, polyonymous, polyphenols, polyphonies, polyphonous, ponderously, pycnogonids, pyroxenoids, retinoscopy, scyphozoans, stereophony, symphonious, synaptosome, syncopation, syncopators, toponymists, tropomyosin, trypanosome, xylophonist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6E 6F 6F 70 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -. --- --- .--. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101110 01101111 01101111 01110000 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S n o o p y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006E 006F 006F 0070 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538081818291 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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