stickybeak
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stickybeak — UK [ˈstɪkɪˌbiːk] / US [ˈstɪkɪˌbɪk] noun [countable] Word forms stickybeak : singular stickybeak plural stickybeaks Australian informal someone who is too interested in other people s private activities … English dictionary
Stickybeak — 1. nosy person; inquisitive, prying person; 2. look merely to satisfy one s own inquisitiveness: We went to the inspection just to have a stickybeak ; 3. pry or meddle … Dictionary of Australian slang
stickybeak — Australian Slang 1. nosy person; inquisitive, prying person; 2. look merely to satisfy one s own inquisitiveness: We went to the inspection just to have a stickybeak ; 3. pry or meddle … English dialects glossary
stickybeak — /ˈstɪkibik / (say stikeebeek) verb (i) 1. to pry; meddle. –noun 2. someone who pries. 3. an inquisitive inspection: have a bit of a stickybeak. Also, sticky nose. {from the phrase stick one s beak in, see beak1 (def. 3) …
stickybeak Austral./NZ — informal noun an inquisitive person. verb pry into other people s affairs … English new terms dictionary
stickybeak — /stik ee beek /, n. Australian Slang. a busybody; meddler. [1925 30; STICKY + BEAK] * * * … Universalium
stickybeak — stick|y|beak [ stıki,bik ] noun count AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL someone who is too interested in other people s private activities … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stickybeak — n. & v. Austral. & NZ sl. n. an inquisitive person. v.intr. pry … Useful english dictionary
Buttinski — stickybeak; an interfering person (in the form of a mock Russian name, from butt in to interrupt + ski, a Russian name element) … Dictionary of Australian slang
sticky-nose — /ˈstɪki noʊz/ (say stikee nohz) verb (i) (sticky nosed, sticky nosing) 1. → stickybeak (def. 1). –noun 2. → stickybeak (defs 2 and 3) …
