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sticky-beak

sticky-beak is the alternative form of stickybeak.

Meaning of stickybeak

Noun

stickybeak (plural stickybeaks)

  1. (Commonwealth, colloquial) An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.
    • I walked back towards the grinning stickybeak who took a few steps backwards before fleeing for the steamy safety of his laundry.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 109
    Synonyms:
    nosey parker, snoop
  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?
    Synonyms:
    look-see, quick peek

See all 3 meanings of stickybeak

Forms of sticky-beak

Noun
pluralsticky-beaks
Verb
third-person singular presentsticky-beaks
present participlesticky-beaking
past participlesticky-beaked
paststicky-beaked

Questions about sticky-beak

What is sticky-beak the alternative form of?
Sticky-beak is the alternative form of stickybeak.

Words near sticky-beak in the dictionary

  1. sticky wickets
  2. sticky willies
  3. sticky willy
  4. sticky-back plastic
  5. sticky-backed plastic
  6. sticky-beak
  7. sticky-beaked
  8. sticky-beaking
  9. sticky-beaks
  10. sticky-finger
  11. sticky-fingered

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