snooperscope

[ snoo-per-skohp ]

noun

1. a device that displays on a fluorescent screen reflected infrared radiation, enabling the user to see objects obscured by darkness.

snooperscope

/ ˈsnuːpəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. military an instrument that enables the user to see objects in the dark by illuminating the object with infrared radiation and converting the reflected radiation to a visual image

Word History and Origins

Origin of snooperscope¹

1945–50; snooper ( def ) + -scope

Example Sentences

The snooperscope sniper often found himself a sitting duck, his, own infra-red searchlight pinpointing his position.

From Time Magazine Archive

Through the car window they sighted in on the lab with a snooperscope, a World War II device for spotting objects in the dark.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bright gleam of infra-red light that they had seen through the snooperscope bore out their suspicion that they had stumbled on a new and revolutionary kind of communication device.

From Time Magazine Archive

Standing on the lab roof, Physicist M. John Hudson pointed a snooperscope toward the mountain and immediately picked out the bright spot of light that marked the glowing diode.

From Time Magazine Archive