a nosy busybody)

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• 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

• busybody — [n] nosy, impertinent person backseat driver*, butt in*, buttinsky*, eavesdropper, fink*, fussbudget, gossip, intermeddler, intruder, meddler, newsmonger*, nosey parker*, rubberneck*, scandalmonger*, sidewalk superintendent*, snoop, snooper,… …   New thesaurus

• busybody — noun Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome. Se that none of you suffre as a murtherer or as a thefe or an evyll doar or as a busybody in other mens matters. Syn: marplot, meddler, kibitzer, nosy parker …   Wiktionary

• Nosy Parker — /noh zee pahr keuhr/, Informal. a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody. Also, Nosey Parker. [1905 10] * * * ˌnosy ˈparker noun (BrE, informal …   Useful english dictionary

• Nosy Parker — /noh zee pahr keuhr/, Informal. a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody. Also, Nosey Parker. [1905 10] * * * …   Universalium

• nosy — adj. & n. (also nosey) adj. (nosier, nosiest) 1 colloq. inquisitve, prying. 2 having a large nose. 3 having a distinctive (good or bad) smell. n. (pl. ies) a person with a large nose. Phrases and idioms: Nosy Parker esp. Brit. colloq. a busybody …   Useful english dictionary

• busybody — /biz ee bod ee/, n., pl. busybodies. a person who pries into or meddles in the affairs of others. [1520 30; BUSY + BODY] Syn. snoop, pry, meddler, Nosy Parker; gossip, blabbermouth. * * * …   Universalium

• busybody — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, a tale bearing animal, backseat driver, butt in, butt in, buttinsky, eavesdropper, fool, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, horn in, informer, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• nosy — Synonyms and related words: busy, busybody, curious, delving, digging, eavesdropping, fishing, forward, impertinent, in search of, inquisitive, inquisitorial, loaded for bear, looking for, meddlesome, meddling, officious, out for, out for bear,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• busybody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. meddler, snooper, gossip, talebearer, kibitzer. See curiosity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. snoop, meddler, pry, gossip, tattletale, eavesdropper, prier, intriguer, intruder, troublemaker, buttinsky*,… …   English dictionary for students

• busybody — n. nosy person, one who involves himself in other people s affairs …   English contemporary dictionary