Definitions For Stickybeak

Verb

{{en-verb}} (Australia, New Zealand) To pry or snoop.

Noun

STICKYBEAK (plural STICKYBEAKs) (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.

Synonyms

overly inquisitive person nosey parker, snoop act of looking look-see

Translations

German: Schnüffler, m Maori: ihu kurī

Etymology

from sticky + metaphor of sticking one′s {{m/">beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s {{m + en + beak + + nose}} where it is not wanted (compare {{m + en + nosy}}).