stickybeak

[ stik-ee-beek ]

/ ˈstɪk iˌbik /

noun Australian Slang.

a busybody; meddler.

Nearby words

sticky note, sticky rice, sticky wicket, sticky willie, sticky-fingered, stickybeak, stiction, stiegel, stiegel, henry william, stieglitz, stieglitz, alfred

Origin of stickybeak

First recorded in 1925–30; sticky + beak

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British Dictionary definitions for stickybeak

stickybeak

/ (ˈstɪkɪˌbiːk) Australian and NZ informal /

noun

an inquisitive person

verb

(intr) to pry

Word Origin for stickybeak

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

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