stickybeak
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Is stickybeak a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Commonwealth, colloquial) An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.Examples: "I walked back towards the grinning stickybeak who took a few steps backwards before fleeing for the steamy safety of his laundry."; "Babies of this age are delightful stickybeaks, vitally interested in everything and everyone around them."; "1999, Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection, 2012, Text Publishing, unnumbered page, And I like a chat, kind of thing. She glanced at Harley. Plus I′m a stickybeak, as you know."Synonyms: nosey parker, snoopCommonwealthcolloquial
2. (Commonwealth, colloquial) An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.Examples: "Want me to have a stickybeak at that?"; "Shall we take a stickybeak at that shop?"; "2009, Australia Justine Vaisutis, Lonely Planet, page 239, It′s worth popping into the bar for a stickybeak."Synonyms: look-see, quick peekCommonwealthcolloquial
verb (English)
1. (Commonwealth) To pry or snoop.Examples: "Two of the more arrogant birds actually inspected the inside of the tent, clucking away to each other as they stickybeaked."; "2007, Harry Hill, He Was My Father, Rosenberg Publishing, Australia, page 124, When my father had shorn for the Lindleys, I had spent a day at the shed, stickybeaking at everything but making sure I didn′t upset shed activities."; "I wasn′t stickybeaking or anything, it was at the main bar and your mother mustn′t have realised I was in my usual spot."Commonwealth
Definition source: Wiktionary