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fouine — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • busybody noun Someone who interferes in or gossips about other people's affairs.
  • snoop verb To secretly investigate or pry into someone else's private matters.
  • weasel noun A small, slender carnivorous mammal with a long body and short legs, related to the stoat and ferret.

Senses

fouine is used for these senses in English:

  • beech marten Martes foina, a marten of Eurasia.
  • busybody Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
  • snoop One who snoops.
  • weasel A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).

snoop — full definition

  1. verb To secretly investigate or pry into someone else's private matters.
  2. noun A person who snoops, or the act of snooping.

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