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stickybeak

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɪkibiːk/Sorted abceikkstyStarts with SEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.

Word origin

From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy).

Used in a sentence

  • I walked back towards the grinning stickybeak who took a few steps backwards before fleeing for the steamy safety of his laundry.
  • Babies of this age are delightful stickybeaks, vitally interested in everything and everyone around them.
  • 1999, Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection, 2012, Text Publishing, unnumbered page, And I like a chat, kind of thing. She glanced at Harley. Plus I′m a stickybeak, as you know.

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