stickybeak

[ stik-ee-beek ]

noun

, Australian Slang.

1. a busybody; meddler.

stickybeak

/ ˈstɪkɪˌbiːk /

noun

1. an inquisitive person

verb

1. intr to pry

Word History and Origins

Origin of stickybeak¹

First recorded in 1925–30; sticky + beak

Word History and Origins

Origin of stickybeak¹

from sticky + beak ¹(in the slang sense: a human nose)

Example Sentences

Standing in the doorway of his caravan, shirtless and eating a banana, he said he had stopped by to have a “stickybeak.”

From New York Times