I. noun
one who concerns himself with affairs not his own
a meddlesome busybody who saw all and tattled all she saw
Synonyms: butt-in, ||buttinsky, intermeddler, kibitzer, meddler, Meddlesome Mattie, nose, nosey Parker, Paul Pry, polypragmatist, pragmatic, pragmatist, prier ( or pryer), quidnunc, rubber, rubberneck, snoop, ||stickybeak; compare gossip 1, informer
Related Word: gossip, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, talebearer, telltale
Idioms: curiosity shop, question box
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: snoop , mouse, nose, ||piroot, poke, pry, ||snook
2.
Synonyms: meddle , butt in, fool, horn in, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, ||make, monkey (with), tamper (with)