pry

Nouns

Verbs

  • (v) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
    • The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
    jimmy, lever, prise, prize,
  • (v) be nosey
    • Don't pry into my personal matters!
  • (v) search or inquire in a meddlesome way
    • This guy is always nosing around the office
    horn in, nose, poke, intrude,
  • (v) make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
    • They pried the information out of him
    prise,

Synonyms

crowbar pry bar wrecking bar jimmy lever prise prize horn in nose poke intrude

See also

nose out scent out smell out sniff out

Words of close approximity

PRC PRN pro
p.a. PA PB PC Pd P.E. pe pH PI p.m. PM P.O. Po PR PS Pt Pu PX
PAC pad pal Pan pap par pas pat paw pax pay PBS PCP pct PDA pdl pea pee peg Pei pel pen pep pes PET pew PFC Ph.D. PhD phi PHS pia PiB pic PID PIE pig PIJ pin pip pit pix PKD PKU PLF PLO ply PMS Poa POB pod Poe poi pol pom pop pot POW pox PPK PPP PRC PRN pro PSA PSF psi PST PTO pub pud pug pul pun pup pus put PVA PVC PWR pya pyx
pry bar prying pryingly