pry
/praɪ/
noun
- A person who is overly curious about the private affairs of others.
- Don't be a pry — give them some privacy.
- The old man was known as the village pry, always asking questions.
- Our neighbor is such a pry; she always watches us through the curtains.
- A tool used for prying, such as a crowbar or lever.
- A sturdy pry is essential for any demolition work.
- He grabbed a pry from the toolbox to open the wooden crate.
- The mechanic used a pry to separate the two metal parts.
verb
- To inquire too curiously or impertinently into private matters.
- She didn't mean to pry, but she couldn't help asking about his new job.
- It's rude to pry into other people's personal lives.
- The reporter tried to pry into the celebrity's family secrets.
- To raise, move, or force open with a lever or similar tool.
- She pried the stuck window open with a screwdriver.
- The firefighters had to pry the door open to rescue the cat.
- He used a crowbar to pry the lid off the crate.
- To obtain or extract with difficulty or effort.
- They pried the information from the locked computer.
- It took hours to pry the secret from her little brother.
- The detective pried the truth out of the reluctant witness.