Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Australia, New Zealand An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.
- n. Australia, New Zealand An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.
- v. Australia, New Zealand To pry or snoop.
Etymologies
- From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak ("nose") where it is not wanted (compare nosy). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I must have missed the link, and I desperately want to have a stickybeak!”
“I had a stickybeak around the LJ archives, discovered that I didn't have to have a paid account to set up a community I'm a cheapskate, aren't I? so I set up the community:”
“This is Mrs Tishell, the biggest stickybeak in Portwenn.”
“I'd clearly missed the boat, but being a stickybeak I thought I'd take a peek inside anyway ahead of the official opening that night.”
“After a bit of a stickybeak at the Queen's Scottish residence of Holyroodhouse, we made the most of the remaining daylight walking the length of the Royal Mile through the Old Town back to the castle, stopping by the Heart of Midlothian.”
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“The doors of Kirribilli House, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's official Sydney home and neighbouring Admiralty House, the governor-general's Sydney home were thrown open to the public for a bit of a stickybeak.”
“So, along with jukjuk and dagadaga, there is loli 'candy,' 'nokimap,' 'to tire' (the innocent meaning of knocked up in Australian English is 'fatigued'), stikibik 'mind someone else's business' (Australian stickybeak), krik 'creek,' and of course, bush.”
“Being the incurable stickybeak that I am, I went back thru the archives ’til I found the thread you mentioned.”
“Perhaps the funniest discussions Tessa I had were about terms like “stickybeak,” and then even American terms I somehow didn’t recognize as being American, possibly because they’re regional.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stickybeak’.
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nouns
enfleurage, fautor, mafia, haslet, chopine, sea-gate, cantillation, formicary, go-devil, Gongorism, mamzer, mazarine and 147 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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The Nose Knows
Being Nosy.
nosethril, nostril, nebby, nasal, rhinoplasty, pug, button, Roman, turned-up, Pinocchio, Cyrano de Bergerac, Gonzo and 54 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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Zamboni Palin
My imaginary lexicon for future megastar and visionary Zamboni Palin.
strewth, curple, speshly, ugly tree, whupping, nar'n, swain, sneezeweed, sciencey, snarleyyow, jackpudding, squanch and 304 more...
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Pop Culture
Comic strip character names and words, along with modern slang oddities.
rowrbazzle, pogo, rhinocerwurst, bitchin', cowabunga, joe btfsplk, churchy la femme, howland owl, porky pine, miss mamselle hep..., shmoo, unobtanium and 390 more...
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Gossiphoning
Psst!--Didja know?
nosy, snoopy, scuttlebutt, talebearing, echo chamber, tabloid, bruit, quidnunc, disinformation, rumor, interloper, meddler and 67 more...
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lyric words
windbound, dayspring, stickybeak, cantillation, liming, moonglade, brisance, volery, figurant, apolar, senium, halidom and 15 more...
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Magic or Madness
Words from the glossaries in the back of the novels.
ambo, arse, bickie, biscuit, bloke, boong, bottlebrush, bronze medallion, bugger, bunyip, cardie, chips and 79 more...
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1102
genteel, ultimatum, melanoma, ceviche, schizophrenia, burly, fumigation, dry-beat, stickybeak, abnormous, dayspring, windbound and 25 more...
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001
sea-gate, short-breathed, rose-fever, fever, wanderlust, densely, sweetheart, quietsome, limn, blithely, aglimmer, exhausted and 49 more...
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MY NEW Words
Tweets
Looking for tweets for stickybeak.
traciehurtz Gladys Kravitz Jan 26, 2011
oroboros Nosey Parker; Lookie Loo. Jan 26, 2011