stickybeak

stickybeak

(ˈstɪkɪˌbiːk)
n
an inquisitive person
vb
(intr) to pry
[from sticky + beak1 (in the slang sense: a human nose)]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

stickybeak


Past participle: stickybeaked
Gerund: stickybeaking

Imperative
stickybeak
stickybeak
Present
I stickybeak
you stickybeak
he/she/it stickybeaks
we stickybeak
you stickybeak
they stickybeak
Preterite
I stickybeaked
you stickybeaked
he/she/it stickybeaked
we stickybeaked
you stickybeaked
they stickybeaked
Present Continuous
I am stickybeaking
you are stickybeaking
he/she/it is stickybeaking
we are stickybeaking
you are stickybeaking
they are stickybeaking
Present Perfect
I have stickybeaked
you have stickybeaked
he/she/it has stickybeaked
we have stickybeaked
you have stickybeaked
they have stickybeaked
Past Continuous
I was stickybeaking
you were stickybeaking
he/she/it was stickybeaking
we were stickybeaking
you were stickybeaking
they were stickybeaking
Past Perfect
I had stickybeaked
you had stickybeaked
he/she/it had stickybeaked
we had stickybeaked
you had stickybeaked
they had stickybeaked
Future
I will stickybeak
you will stickybeak
he/she/it will stickybeak
we will stickybeak
you will stickybeak
they will stickybeak
Future Perfect
I will have stickybeaked
you will have stickybeaked
he/she/it will have stickybeaked
we will have stickybeaked
you will have stickybeaked
they will have stickybeaked
Future Continuous
I will be stickybeaking
you will be stickybeaking
he/she/it will be stickybeaking
we will be stickybeaking
you will be stickybeaking
they will be stickybeaking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stickybeaking
you have been stickybeaking
he/she/it has been stickybeaking
we have been stickybeaking
you have been stickybeaking
they have been stickybeaking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stickybeaking
you will have been stickybeaking
he/she/it will have been stickybeaking
we will have been stickybeaking
you will have been stickybeaking
they will have been stickybeaking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stickybeaking
you had been stickybeaking
he/she/it had been stickybeaking
we had been stickybeaking
you had been stickybeaking
they had been stickybeaking
Conditional
I would stickybeak
you would stickybeak
he/she/it would stickybeak
we would stickybeak
you would stickybeak
they would stickybeak
Past Conditional
I would have stickybeaked
you would have stickybeaked
he/she/it would have stickybeaked
we would have stickybeaked
you would have stickybeaked
they would have stickybeaked
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
References in periodicals archive ?
Dan is enraged by Lena's breach of workplace protocol, at first assuming she is one of the "admin staff" who has journeyed to the wharf for a "stickybeak" (Hill 2012, 33).
Tour the inside of an Airbus A380 Now you can take a stickybeak around the superjumbo courtesy of Google Map.
First noted in Linneus's Species Plantarum (1753) (1), this weed has acquired a variety of common names: cobblers pegs, grab-a-leg, Spanish needles, pitchforks, stickybeak, hairy tickweed and many more.
Unfortunately, Steve and stickybeak Miranda spot them, and she can't help spilling the beans to Susan, despite Rachel insisting she'd tell her stepmum herself.
To tell you the truth, Mo wanted to have a bit of a stickybeak, curious to see how they were settling in.