spy
A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
Other meanings
A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
Related words
- antispy
- bespy
- counterspy
- cyberspy
- Eurospy
- spyboat
- spybot
- spycam
- spycatcher
- spycatching
- spycore
- spycraft
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "espier" (to spy).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “spy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.