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Definition of pry
- a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- 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"
- make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
See Also: sniff out, scent out, smell out, nose out
Hyponyms: jim crow, jimmy, jemmy
Entailments: loosen, loose
Derivational Morphology: prise, prize, lever, jimmy, nosiness, prying, snoopiness, jemmy, leverage, purchase, crowbar, wrecking bar, pry bar, nose
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