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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. stickwoman
  2. stickwomen
  3. stickwork
  4. sticky
  5. sticky bead argument
  6. sticky beak
  7. sticky beaked
  8. sticky beaking
  9. sticky beaks
  10. sticky bit
  11. sticky bits

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