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present participle of nose
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2
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
- a neighbor who likes to nose around in everyone else's business
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3
to move slowly
- the line to get tickets is just nosing, so we are going to be here for a while
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“Nosing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosing. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of nosing was in 1773
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