stickybeak
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(Commonwealth, colloquial)An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.
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.
- 2.
(Commonwealth, colloquial)An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.
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.
When I patted the pockets of them shorts there wasn't any phone. "It's in here on the table," said the Irishman. "And you had a good stickybeak I bet."
Động từ
verb- 1.
(Commonwealth, intransitive)To pry or snoop.
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.
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From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (nose) where it is not wanted (compare nosy).