stickybeak

[ stik-ee-beek ]
/ ˈstɪk iˌbik /

noun Australian Slang.

a busybody; meddler.

Origin of stickybeak

First recorded in 1925–30; sticky + beak

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)