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Definition of stickybeak verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stickybeak

verb
 
/ˈstɪkibiːk/
 
/ˈstɪkibiːk/
[intransitive] (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stickybeak
 
/ˈstɪkibiːk/
 
/ˈstɪkibiːk/
he / she / it stickybeaks
 
/ˈstɪkibiːks/
 
/ˈstɪkibiːks/
past simple stickybeaked
 
/ˈstɪkibiːkt/
 
/ˈstɪkibiːkt/
past participle stickybeaked
 
/ˈstɪkibiːkt/
 
/ˈstɪkibiːkt/
-ing form stickybeaking
 
/ˈstɪkibiːkɪŋ/
 
/ˈstɪkibiːkɪŋ/
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  1. to try to find out information about other people's private lives in a way that is annoying or rude
    • I don't mean to stickybeak, but when is he going to leave?

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