nosy-parker

A form of nosey parker — An overly inquisitive or prying person.

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Meanings

verbnosy-parker (third-person singular simple present nosy-parkers, present participle nosy-parkering, simple past and past participle nosy-parkered)

present singular third person nosy-parkers · participle present nosy-parkering · participle past nosy-parkered · past nosy-parkered

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of nosey parker.

    Just that: he didn't like being nosy-parkered.

    1936, Robert Alfred John Walling, The Corpse with the Dirty Face, page 89
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    Quietly and determinedly she questioned me about me, probing, wheedling and just plain nosy-parkering.

    1973, Robert Simpson, April's there, page 107

    When that Inspector Thornhill came to nosy-parker and offer us a lift, I pretended I'd slipped and twisted my knee, can you remember?

    2017, Martin R. Jackson, The Blade: Ben McVeigh & the Templar Poignard, page 326

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who meddles in the affairs of others

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busybodynosey-parkerquidnunc
Broader
meddler
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busybodyquidnunc

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

nosy-parker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosy-parker

MLA

“nosy-parker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosy-parker. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nosy-parker,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosy-parker.

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