stickybeak

Meanings

Noun

An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.
An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.

Verb

To pry or snoop.

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Origin

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

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