noseyv.
/ˈnəʊzi/, U.S. /ˈnoʊzi/ colloquial.
intransitive. To search or enquire too inquisitively, to pry. Frequently with around. Cf. nose v.1 1c, 3a.
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1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet 267 That durn vote-sucking sheriff noseying around out here.
1977 B. MacLaverty Secrets 20 While you were out I was noseying around.
1989 P. McCabe Carn (1993) x. 150 And they don't nosey into your business like some people.
1995 Independent 21 Feb. 21/2 ‘These people want your blood,’ shrieked my 15-year-old daughter, nosying through my post.
2001 Heat 17 Nov. (advt.) Doing autobiographical music allows people to nosey into what I'm about.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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