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Defenition of the word pry

    • Defenition of the word pry

      • To search or inquire intrusively.
      • a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
      • be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"
      • search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
      • make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
      • to move or force, esp. in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
      • be nosey; "Don''t pry into my personal matters!"
      • 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"
      • be nosey
      • to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
      • make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
      • search or inquire in a meddlesome way

    Synonyms for the word pry

      • be inquisitive
      • be nosy
      • crowbar
      • force open
      • interfere
      • jimmy
      • lever
      • lever open
      • meddle
      • nose
      • poke
      • poke your nose in
      • prise
      • prize
      • pry bar
      • snoop
      • wrecking bar

    Similar words in the pry

      • nose out
      • pry
      • prying
      • scent out
      • smell out
      • sniff out

    Hyponyms for the word pry

      • jemmy
      • jim crow
      • jimmy

    Hypernyms for the word pry

      • ask
      • enquire
      • extort
      • inquire
      • lever
      • look
      • open
      • open up
      • search
      • surname
      • wring from

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