Meaning of Nosy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.
   UK, slang
2. A nose.
   childish, rare

Equivalents

Examples

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

“There was a little Rosy, / And she had a little nosy; / And she made a little posy, / All pink and white and green. / And she said, “Little nosy, / Will you smell my little posy? / For of all the flowers that growsy, / Such sweet ones ne’er were seen.” / So she took the little posy, / And she put it to her nosy, / On her little face so rosy, / The flowers for to smell; […]”

“It’s this time of year when you’re warm and cozy and white snowflakes fall on your little nosy.”

“Who’s my little mouse? Whose little nosy is this? Who has the biggest eyesies in Agramstadt?”

“She pretended to pull off his nose and then held her fist in front of Michael’s face, her thumb peeping out between her fingers. ‘There – I’ve got your nose now!’ […] She pressed her thumb onto his little face. ‘Here’s your little nosy, back safe and sound between your rosy cheeks,’ she said.”

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