Prodnose
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prodnose is a noun meaning (slang) Synonym of busybody.
Meaning
(slang) Synonym of busybody.
More Meanings
- (slang) To meddle; to interfere where one is unwelcome.
Example Sentences
It would be rash to suppose that the Institute was just a gatherum of clay-minded prodnoses.
There are no words to describe the prodnoses who would stop finance for a boat because not enough “disadvantaged people” are involved.
As I told David when I met him coming out of the house, idle curiosity took me along. So you see I've already an excuse for being a prodnose!
Above all, it was the most convincing portrait of the social worker's own thin line, between prodnosing ordinarily sad lives, and not leaping in when there might be small lives to be saved.
Word Forms
- prodnoses
- prodnosing
- prodnosed
Synonyms for prodnose
Depending on context, synonyms include busybody.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pragmatic, nosybody, polypragmon, noser, busybody, neb-nose.
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