Usually means: Intrusively curious about others' affairs.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. nosey: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nosey: Merriam-Webster
  3. nosey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nosey: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nosey: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nosey: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nosey, nosey: Wordnik
  8. nosey: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nosey: Wiktionary
  10. nosey: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nosey: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nosey: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. nosey: Dictionary.com
  14. nosey: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Nosey: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. nosey: Rhymezone
  17. Nosey: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. nosey: FreeDictionary.org
  19. nosey: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. nosey: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nosey: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NOSEY: Acronym Finder
  2. nosey: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nosey: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See noseying as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Alternative spelling of nosy [Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of nosy [(UK, slang) A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.]
verb:  Alternative spelling of nosy [(informal, with into) To pry into something.]

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