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stickybeak.

An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstɪkibiːk/UK
  1. An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.

    Commonwealth · colloquial
  2. An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.

    Commonwealth · colloquial
    Want me to have a stickybeak at that?
    Shall we take a stickybeak at that shop?
Where this word comes from

From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy).

verb/ˈstɪkibiːk/UK
  1. To pry or snoop.

    Commonwealth · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy).

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