Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK, slang)A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.

    I might wander down to the construction site for a nosy at what they're building.

  2. (childish, rare)A nose.

Examples

68 sentences
  1. Tom said that Mary was nosy.

    Том сказав, що Мері галаслива.

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  2. Tom is too nosy.

    Том занадто цікавий.

    deTom ist zu laut.

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  3. Tom has some nosy neighbors.

    Том має кілька пронирливих сусідів.

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  4. Tom is nosy.

    Том пронирливий.

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  5. Don't be so nosy.

    Не сунь носа до чужого проса.

    ruНе будь таким любопытным.

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Forms

plural: nosies
Singularnosy
Pluralnosies

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatednosie

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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