noun
definition
A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.
example
I might wander down to the construction site for a nosy at what they're building.
adjective
definition
Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
example
They built tall fences, yet the nosy neighbors always seemed to know everything about them.
definition
Having a large or elongated nose.
Examples of nosy in a Sentence
You're awfully nosy not to have any real interest in this stuff.
My, you're being a regular nosy little detective, aren't you?
She'll think we're nosy.
They don't mean to be nosy.
Dean wanted Fred to answer the damned thing but the old man was too nosy to move.
If you are sick of spending the holidays at grandma's house with nosy Aunt Sue and her whiny kids, then consider cruising the Nile this Christmas.
A nosy bartender told me Ginger was expecting something a bit more lasting than her attorney had to offer.
But that doesn't mean he isn't nosy about what's going on.
Maybe so, but she didn't want to be a nosy suspicious wife.
I didn't tell my family, but my mother is quite nosy and she went through my bag and found a letter.
Dean muttered an agreement as he began to open Dawkins's bureau drawers, more out of a nosy nervousness than anything sinister.
Synopsis Laura Flannery needs a vacation from her boring life and a break from nosy neighbors.
Tina's amused, but Johnny asks Ruby to stop being so nosy and eat up her food.
T he great thing about cycling is that you can be really nosy without drawing attention to yourself.
We are also naturally rather nosy and enjoy a quick peek into another person's life - even if it's a fictional life.
Of course, if all else fails, you can simply ignore these nosy neighbors!
Am I a nosy bastard for wondering what the hell was going on next to me on the train today?
But at the same time, we should be friendly, and very very nosy.
Stephen thinks his wife is much too nosy to do the job.
Season two picks up with Clark rescuing Lana from the eye of the tornado, but his father and the nosy reporter who learned of his secret are buried alive when the spaceship is let loose into the fields.
I was just nosy.
They would have if you hadn't been so nosy.
But I've got to say, this whole gig would have gone a lot smoother if you and the old man hadn't been so nosy.