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stickybeak

American  
[stik-ee-beek] / ˈstɪk iˌbik /

noun

Australian Slang.

  1. a busybody; meddler.

stickybeak British  
/ ˈstɪkɪˌbiːk /

noun

  1. an inquisitive person

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verb

  1. (intr) to pry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of stickybeak

First recorded in 1925–30; sticky + beak

Example Sentences

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Standing in the doorway of his caravan, shirtless and eating a banana, he said he had stopped by to have a “stickybeak.”

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