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Snoopy

name
/ˈsnupi/

Etymology

From snoop + -y.

  1. borrowed from snoepen — “to pry, eat in secret, sneak”
  2. suffixed as snoopy — “snoop + y”

Definitions

  1. Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz

    Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.

    • Some dogs will be back porch familiars — beagles with soulful, Snoopy eyes: Dalmatians with spots; bassets with mitten ears; Siberian huskies with wolfish voices; Collies that look just like Lassie.
    • My daughter calls these "Snoopy eyes" after the childlike presentation of the beagle in Schulz's cartoon Peanuts.
    • Mary Mann, another sophomore, sits on the roof of a red dog house, giving her most enigmatic Snoopy look.

  2. Given to snooping.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA