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nosey parker

nosey parker noun: an overly inquisitive or prying person.

Noun

nosey parker (plural nosey parkers)

  1. (Ireland, UK, colloquial) An overly inquisitive or prying person.
    • Yer a lotta nosey parkers.1991, Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life, London: Virago Press Ltd

Verb

nosey parker (third-person singular simple present nosey parkers, present participle nosey parkering, simple past and past participle nosey parkered)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To snoop; to behave in an inquisitive manner.
    • "I don't want to 'nosey parker'," he said, "but police have got to be told if there's anything wrong..."1944, Ernest Robertson Punshon, Secrets Can't be Kept, page 23
    • Alleyn is no dabbler or dilettante whose hobby is criminology and who nosey parkers around and chases ambulances to break the grip of boredom with a spot of adventure.1979, LeRoy Lad Panek, Watteau's Shepherds: The Detective Novel in Britain, 1914-1940, page 189

nosey parker meaning in Bengali

nosey parker in Bengali

nosey parker, busybody, meddler
সরফরাজ sôrfôraj

Examples of nosey parker in a sentence

  • The inspector opened his mouth to ask Fred what she had better tell, but Ivy flared, "We'd be out of business in no time if I nosey parkered on everyone I saw around at night."1995, Anne Worboys, Village Sins, page 144:
  • Now, I must admit I love nosey parkering around houses.2004, David Robinson, An Expat's Life, Luxembourg & the White Rose, page 123:

Synonyms of nosey parker

Forms of nosey parker

Noun
pluralnosey parkers
alternative formnosy parker
alternative formnosey-parker
alternative formnosy-parker
Verb
third-person singular presentnosey parkers
present participlenosey parkering
past participlenosey parkered
pastnosey parkered

Origin of nosey parker

Unknown, 1890.

Words formed from nosey parker

Questions about nosey parker

What does nosey parker mean?
Nosey parker means an overly inquisitive or prying person.
What is nosey parker in Bengali?
Nosey parker in Bengali is সরফরাজ (sôrfôraj). See Nosey parker meaning in Bengali.
How do you use nosey parker in a sentence?
The inspector opened his mouth to ask Fred what she had better tell, but Ivy flared, "We'd be out of business in no time if I nosey parkered on everyone I saw around at night."
What part of speech is nosey parker?
Nosey parker can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of nosey parker?
The plural of nosey parker is nosey parkers.

Words near nosey parker in the dictionary

  1. nosewise
  2. nosewitness
  3. nosework
  4. noseworthy
  5. nosey
  6. nosey parker
  7. nosey parkered
  8. nosey parkering
  9. nosey parkers
  10. nosey-parker
  11. nosey-parkerdom

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nosey parker (page history and authors); সরফরাজ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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