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nosey
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Word definitions for nosey in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see nosy .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day" [syn: nosy , prying , snoopy ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nosey \nosey\ adj. Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosy; as, a nosy neighbor. Syn: inquisitorial, nosy, prying, snoopy.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (alternative spelling of nosy English)
Usage examples of nosey.
Between what McCarthy told us and what the nosey staff up above in the Shelbourne say, we have a rough-and-ready Identikit of this fella.
I said next thing down the hill whee and off out into the open country again cows looking over ditches, where are you off to Francie mind your own business you nosey heifer bastards, watch out dandelions here I come!
She walked rapidly past a row of arborvitae that prevented anyone in the school office from seeing her--especially nosey Miss Craig, the pinched-faced attendance person--then dashed around the bus barns.
Petra and Nosey the Jack Russell walked down the track towards Jinny Hoolets pond.
The gawks, being an intelligent species, demonstrated a fair degree of curiosity, but Nosey much more so than the rest.
He shouted for an ostler, tied Nosey to a metal ring on the stableyard wall and gave the dog a bowl of water before, carrying his map and weapons, he limped into the silent house.
Tax collectors, land grabbers, nosey do-gooders more self-righteous than any Bible-poundin' preacher ever born!
The expression on Tracy's face bespoke a marked lack of affection: managing directors do not take kindly to being called nosey bastards.
He considered, rather guiltily, making a few more thunder lizards in the hope that they might eat the intruders before they got too nosey, but then dismissed the thought as being unworthy of a modern, forward-thinking deity.
In fact, the disreputable look of the girl in her underclothed condition might usefully keep the locals, who would otherwise be nosey, at a distance.