noun. Australia. : an inquisitive person : busybody.
Etymology. From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy). Rhyming slang for looking, quick peek = stickybeak.
Wrattonbully (South Australia) 100%, Sticky Pig is a dessert wine style made from Pinot Gris grapes grown on our Wrattonbully vineyard.
People who talk a lot or too much, or are nosey. bore. gossip. rambler. chatterbox.
As its name says, sticky beaks are sticky from inside. It helps birds to catch insects (flies) during flying. Swallows have sticky beak.
The Pied Butcherbird is found in most parts of Australia. Butcherbirds are easily identified by their characteristic hooked-beak.
Wet (one's) beak:
To partake in part of the profits of another person's business, usually as a result of extortion.
: an inquisitive person : busybody.
sticky (adj.)
An Old English word for this was clibbor.
: excessively sentimental : cloying. stickily. ˈsti-kə-lē adverb. stickiness.
They are also creatures of habit that often live in groups known as mobs. They can range from size from 10 to 50 animals. Feral pigs are relatively heat intolerant and they are highly dependent on water for drinking and wallowing. They also require shaded areas to rest in during the daytime.
Prohibited pig feed (formerly known as swill) is the act of feeding food scraps or food waste that contains meat, or which has been in contact with meat to pigs. The feeding of prohibited pig feed to pigs is banned in Australia, as it has been shown to cause outbreaks of serious animal diseases overseas.
Feral pig hunting is the number one risk for catching brucellosis in NSW. Infections can be prevented by: wearing protective gear, safely dressing & butchering the pigs, thoroughly cooking the meat, protecting your family and protecting your dogs.
/ (biːk) / noun. a Brit slang word for judge, magistrate, headmaster, schoolmaster.
/ (ˈdʌrɪ) / nounplural -ries. Australian slang a cigarette.
Durry, a New Zealand or Australian slang term for cigarette.
Chiefly British. a situation requiring delicate treatment; an awkward situation: In telling his wife that he has to be away for a month in Cannes, he'll be batting on a sticky wicket.
adjective. /ˈstɪki/ (stickier, stickiest) 1made of or covered in a substance that sticks to things that touch it sticky fingers covered in jam Stir in the milk to make a soft but not sticky dough.
(Informal) difficult, awkward, tricky, embarrassing, painful, nasty, delicate, unpleasant, discomforting, hairy (slang), thorny He found himself in a not inconsiderably sticky situation. 4.
Oh, dear, it seems the Cockneys don't hold Americans in high esteem. This term is often shortened to just septic, and if you don't like yanks, then you're "Listerine," because you're anti-septic!
4. Dodgy. When something's questionable for suspicious, we call it dodgy.
gob (slang, especially British) laughing gear (British, Australian, slang) maw. the bear's gaping maw. yap (slang)
The expression is mostly used in informal contexts to mean 'to have a drink' or 'to satisfy one's thirst'. The drink in question is usually of the strong kind — alcohol. It is also possible to say 'to wet one's beak'. *Every weekend I visit the local pub to wet my whistle.
Whet your appetite is a phrase meaning to "sharpen one's desire for food" whereas wet your whistle refers to having a drink. Here, whistle is a metaphor for the mouth itself and thus wet is the appropriate word. An appetite, on the other hand, cannot be made physically wet, making whet the correct term.
: to begin doing a new job, activity, etc., in usually a slow and simple way in order to become more familiar with it. She got her feet wet at her new job by doing some simple filing tasks.