- nosy person
- one who involves himself in other people's business, meddler
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
nosy person
Look at other dictionaries:
Nosy Parker — [pär′kər] n. [ NOSY + proper name Parker: reason for use uncert.] [also n p , n P ] Informal a nosy person; busybody … English World dictionary
nosy parker — UK [ˌnəʊzɪ ˈpɑː(r)kə(r)] / US [ˌnoʊzɪ ˈpɑrkər] noun [countable] Word forms nosy parker : singular nosy parker plural nosy parkers informal a nosy person … English dictionary
nosy parker — [“nozi “parka* ] n. a nosy person. (Also a term of address.) □ Mary can be such a nosy parker. □ Look, you nosy parker, mind your own business … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
nosy par·ker — / ˈpɑɚkɚ/ noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] chiefly Brit informal + disapproving : a person who is too interested in what other people are doing : a nosy person … Useful english dictionary
nosy parker — nos|y park|er [ ,nouzi parkər ] noun count INFORMAL a nosy person … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nosy parker — noun (C) BrE informal a nosy person … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Nosy Parker — Nos′y (or nos′y) Par′ker n. inf a persistently nosy person • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
Nosy (album) — Nosy Studio album by Gomo Released April 20, 2009 (PT) May 4, 2009 (UK, EU) … Wikipedia
nosy — (adj.) also nosey, 1610s, having a prominent nose, from NOSE (Cf. nose) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Earlier in this sense was nasee (mid 14c.), from Anglo French, from O.Fr. nasé, ultimately from L. nasus nose. Sense of inquisitive first recorded 1882 … Etymology dictionary
nosy parker — ► NOUN ▪ an overly inquisitive person. ORIGIN from a 1907 picture postcard caption, ‘The adventures of Nosey Parker’, referring to a peeping Tom in Hyde Park … English terms dictionary
