stickybeak

[ stik-ee-beek ]

nounAustralian Slang.

a busybody; meddler.

Origin of stickybeak

First recorded in 1925–30; sticky + beak

Words Nearby stickybeak

stickup man
stickweed
stick with
stickwork
sticky
stickybeak
sticky blood
sticky end
sticky-fingered
sticky fingers
Sticky Note

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British Dictionary definitions for stickybeak

stickybeak

/ (ˈstɪkɪˌbiːk) Australian and NZ informal /

noun

an inquisitive person

verb

(intr) to pry

Origin of stickybeak

from sticky + beak 1 (in the slang sense: a human nose)

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