stickybeakn.

Brit.

/ˈstɪkɪbiːk/, U.S.

/ˈstɪkiˌbik/, Australian English

/ˈstɪkibiːk/, New Zealand English

/ˈstɪkibiːk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stick v.¹, -y suffix¹, beak n.¹

Etymology: < stick v.¹ + -y suffix¹ + beak n.¹Compare to stick one's beak into (mid 20th cent. or earlier; compare to stick one's nose into at nose n. Phrases 1d(b)).

Originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand colloquial.

a. The nose of an overly inquisitive person, which ‘sticks’ or pries into the affairs of others.

ΚΠ

1914 Evening News (Sydney) 17 Oct. 3 With pain, the truth must now be told, A sticky-beak he grew.

1917 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser 11 Jan. 6 For heaven's sake keep the management from putting in its sticky beak and interfering with the conductor.

1938 Sydney Mail 7 Sept. 16 Never make the mistake of letting your pretty little nose turn into a great big sticky beak.

1992 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 17 Nov. 4 My reaction to his command that I accompany him..was a closed fist on his sticky beak.

2014 S. Knight Fringe Benefits vii. 50 If you've got any sense at all you'll keep your sticky beak out of what's not your business.

b. A person who pries into the affairs of others; a nosy or inquisitive person. Also in extended use with reference to an inquisitive animal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly

curiousa1340

inquisitive1529

prying1552

peering1568

speculative1605

emissitious1620

peeking1680

mousing1692

peery1699

long-nebbed1706

inquisitorial1796

nosy1827

nebby1860

inscrutive1882

rootin' tootin'1882

snoopy1895

stickybeak1917

nibby1942

pirooting1958

the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in

pryer1552

peeper1607

poker1608

Paul Pry1826

snooper1889

nosy parker1896

stickybeak1917

nosy1931

curtain-twitcher1940

prodnose1965

1917 Portland (Victoria, Austral.) Observer 10 Sept. The role of mediator is always an unenviable one. Someone is bound to call him ‘sticky beak’ and accuse him of bias.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Feb. 10/1 One objection to ‘party’ telephone lines is the stickybeak subscriber.

1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. v. 24 He wasn't like those other stickybeak kids, he reckoned.

1965 R. McKie Company of Animals i. 30 Fire is a strange thing to a jungle elephant. It's foreign. And because it's foreign and he's a stickybeak, he investigates.

2012 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. 10 Stickybeaks, the lot of them, poking their noses in where they're not wanted.

2. A furtive or prying look or investigation; an act of looking around.

ΚΠ

1928 Windsor & Richmond (New S. Wales) Gaz. 26 Oct. 9/1 Witness said,‘What did you open it for?’ Defendant answered, ‘Oh, only to have a stickybeak’.

1950 Truth (Sydney) 8 Jan. 10/2 [He] decided to have a ‘stickybeak’ around the byways and high ways where the gals of the 'Loo parade in all their frills and finery.

1983 P. Kocan Cure iii. 13 She's just having a stickybeak into the yard.

2002 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 12 There's nothing like a good sticky-beak around the local gardens.

2015 Observer (Gladstone, Queensland) (Nexis) 13 Aug. 7 [They] noticed a house on Boyne Island was going to auction and they went for a stickybeak to see how the auction worked.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

stickybeakv.

Brit.

/ˈstɪkɪbiːk/, U.S.

/ˈstɪkiˌbik/, Australian English

/ˈstɪkibiːk/, New Zealand English

/ˈstɪkibiːk/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: stickybeak n.

Etymology: < stickybeak n.

Australian and New Zealand colloquial.

intransitive. To pry, to snoop.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > be curious, wonder [verb (intransitive)] > pry

prya1350

toot1390

spyc1485

underpry1600

reave1615

nose1648

rave1671

poke1715

snoop1832

Paul-Pry1836

piroot1858

stickybeak1921

prodnose1954

1921 Bundaberg (Queensland) Mail 12 Apr. 3/7 I just ‘made my way’ to England and prowled around the 'drome at Kingston, sticky-beaking into this, that and the other.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Sept. 20/2 Special traps were set outside for any crocs. that might stickybeak.

1966 P. Carlon Running Woman xv. 144 I paused on my way back, looking at those houses. Such a temptation..to sticky-beak.

2015 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 30 Dec. 8 Passing drivers do tend to stickybeak as they sail past.

Derivatives

ˈstickybeaking n.

ΚΠ

1922 Truth (Perth, Austral.) 3 June 1/4 Social welfarers: Women who leave the welfare of their own homes to chance while they go ‘sticky-beaking’.

1991 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 3 Jan. 8 Visitors need permits from the Central Land Council and these are rarely granted for mere stickybeaking.

2014 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. (Lifestyle section) 21 There's nothing wrong with a bit of shameless stickybeaking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	stickybeak
释义	stickybeakn. Brit. /ˈstɪkɪbiːk/, U.S. /ˈstɪkiˌbik/, Australian English /ˈstɪkibiːk/, New Zealand English /ˈstɪkibiːk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stick v.¹, -y suffix¹, beak n.¹ Etymology: < stick v.¹ + -y suffix¹ + beak n.¹Compare to stick one's beak into (mid 20th cent. or earlier; compare to stick one's nose into at nose n. Phrases 1d(b)). Originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand colloquial. 1. a. The nose of an overly inquisitive person, which ‘sticks’ or pries into the affairs of others. ΚΠ 1914 Evening News (Sydney) 17 Oct. 3 With pain, the truth must now be told, A sticky-beak he grew. 1917 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser 11 Jan. 6 For heaven's sake keep the management from putting in its sticky beak and interfering with the conductor. 1938 Sydney Mail 7 Sept. 16 Never make the mistake of letting your pretty little nose turn into a great big sticky beak. 1992 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 17 Nov. 4 My reaction to his command that I accompany him..was a closed fist on his sticky beak. 2014 S. Knight Fringe Benefits vii. 50 If you've got any sense at all you'll keep your sticky beak out of what's not your business. b. A person who pries into the affairs of others; a nosy or inquisitive person. Also in extended use with reference to an inquisitive animal. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly curiousa1340 inquisitive1529 prying1552 peering1568 speculative1605 emissitious1620 peeking1680 mousing1692 peery1699 long-nebbed1706 inquisitorial1796 nosy1827 nebby1860 inscrutive1882 rootin' tootin'1882 snoopy1895 stickybeak1917 nibby1942 pirooting1958 the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in pryer1552 peeper1607 poker1608 Paul Pry1826 snooper1889 nosy parker1896 stickybeak1917 nosy1931 curtain-twitcher1940 prodnose1965 1917 Portland (Victoria, Austral.) Observer 10 Sept. The role of mediator is always an unenviable one. Someone is bound to call him ‘sticky beak’ and accuse him of bias. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Feb. 10/1 One objection to ‘party’ telephone lines is the stickybeak subscriber. 1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. v. 24 He wasn't like those other stickybeak kids, he reckoned. 1965 R. McKie Company of Animals i. 30 Fire is a strange thing to a jungle elephant. It's foreign. And because it's foreign and he's a stickybeak, he investigates. 2012 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. 10 Stickybeaks, the lot of them, poking their noses in where they're not wanted. 2. A furtive or prying look or investigation; an act of looking around. ΚΠ 1928 Windsor & Richmond (New S. Wales) Gaz. 26 Oct. 9/1 Witness said,‘What did you open it for?’ Defendant answered, ‘Oh, only to have a stickybeak’. 1950 Truth (Sydney) 8 Jan. 10/2 [He] decided to have a ‘stickybeak’ around the byways and high ways where the gals of the 'Loo parade in all their frills and finery. 1983 P. Kocan Cure iii. 13 She's just having a stickybeak into the yard. 2002 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 12 There's nothing like a good sticky-beak around the local gardens. 2015 Observer (Gladstone, Queensland) (Nexis) 13 Aug. 7 [They] noticed a house on Boyne Island was going to auction and they went for a stickybeak to see how the auction worked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). stickybeakv. Brit. /ˈstɪkɪbiːk/, U.S. /ˈstɪkiˌbik/, Australian English /ˈstɪkibiːk/, New Zealand English /ˈstɪkibiːk/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: stickybeak n. Etymology: < stickybeak n. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. intransitive. To pry, to snoop. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > be curious, wonder [verb (intransitive)] > pry prya1350 toot1390 spyc1485 underpry1600 reave1615 nose1648 rave1671 poke1715 snoop1832 Paul-Pry1836 piroot1858 stickybeak1921 prodnose1954 1921 Bundaberg (Queensland) Mail 12 Apr. 3/7 I just ‘made my way’ to England and prowled around the 'drome at Kingston, sticky-beaking into this, that and the other. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Sept. 20/2 Special traps were set outside for any crocs. that might stickybeak. 1966 P. Carlon Running Woman xv. 144 I paused on my way back, looking at those houses. Such a temptation..to sticky-beak. 2015 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 30 Dec. 8 Passing drivers do tend to stickybeak as they sail past. Derivatives ˈstickybeaking n. ΚΠ 1922 Truth (Perth, Austral.) 3 June 1/4 Social welfarers: Women who leave the welfare of their own homes to chance while they go ‘sticky-beaking’. 1991 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 3 Jan. 8 Visitors need permits from the Central Land Council and these are rarely granted for mere stickybeaking. 2014 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. (Lifestyle section) 21 There's nothing wrong with a bit of shameless stickybeaking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1914v.1921
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