STICKYBEAK

Etymology

Noun

stickybeak (plural stickybeaks)

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.

Synonyms

• (overly inquisitive person): nosey parker, snoop

• (act of looking): look-see

Verb

stickybeak (third-person singular simple present stickybeaks, present participle stickybeaking, simple past and past participle stickybeaked)

(Australia, New Zealand) To pry or snoop.

Source: Wiktionary



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