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单词 stickybeak
释义

stickybeak

[ stik-ee-beek ]
/ ˈstɪk iˌbik /

noun Australian Slang.

a busybody; meddler.

Origin of stickybeak

First recorded in 1925–30; sticky + beak

Words nearby stickybeak

stickup man, stickweed, stick with, stickwork, sticky, stickybeak, sticky blood, sticky end, sticky-fingered, sticky fingers, Sticky Note
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British Dictionary definitions for stickybeak

stickybeak
/ (ˈstɪkɪˌbiːk) Australian and NZ informal /

noun

an inquisitive person

verb

(intr) to pry

Word Origin for stickybeak

from sticky + beak 1 (in the slang sense: a human nose)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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