Usually means: Intrusively curious about others' affairs.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. nosy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nosy: Merriam-Webster
  3. nosy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nosy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nosy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nosy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nosy, nosy: Wordnik
  8. nosy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nosy: Wiktionary
  10. nosy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nosy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. nosy: Dictionary.com
  13. nosy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. nosy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Nosy (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. nosy: Rhymezone
  17. nosy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. nosy: FreeDictionary.org
  19. nosy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. nosy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. nosy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. nosy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nosy: Idioms

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nosy)

▸ adjective:  Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
▸ adjective:  Having a large or elongated nose.
▸ noun:  (UK, slang) A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.
▸ noun:  (childish, rare) A nose.
▸ verb:  (informal, with into) To pry into something.

Similar:
nosey, prying, Snoopy, curious, peepy, enquiring, snoopish, prurient, peery, gossipy, more...

Opposite:
discreet, unobtrusive, inconspicuous

Types:
curious, inquisitive, prying, meddlesome, intrusive, more...

Phrases:
nosy parker, nosy parkers, Nosy Be, Nosy Komba, is nosy, more...


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Similar:
nosey, prying, Snoopy, curious, peepy, enquiring, snoopish, prurient, peery, gossipy, more...

Opposite:
discreet, unobtrusive, inconspicuous

Types:
curious, inquisitive, prying, meddlesome, intrusive, more...

Phrases:
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