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stickybeaks

stickybeaks is the plural of stickybeak.

stickybeaks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Questions about stickybeaks

What is stickybeaks the plural of?
Stickybeaks is the plural of stickybeak.

Words near stickybeaks in the dictionary

  1. stickyback
  2. stickybacks
  3. stickybeak
  4. stickybeaked
  5. stickybeaking
  6. stickybeaks
  7. stickying
  8. stickyjack
  9. stickyweed
  10. stickywilly
  11. stické

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