'Pry' definitions:
Definition of 'Pry'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Pry'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Pry'
From: GCIDE
- Pry \Pry\, v. i. [OE. prien. Cf. Peer to peep.] To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach. " To pry upon the stars." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, To pry into the secrets of the state. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pry'
From: GCIDE
- Pry \Pry\, n. Curious inspection; impertinent peeping. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backseat driver,
- bar,
- beam,
- beat the bushes,
- bend the eyes,
- boom,
- burrow,
- busybody,
- cant hook,
- claw bar,
- crank,
- crow,
- crowbar,
- delve,
- delve into,
- dig,
- dig into,
- direct the eyes,
- disengage,
- disjoin,
- divide,
- eavesdropper,
- elevate,
- explore,
- fathom,
- fool with,
- forage,
- frisk,
- fulcrumage,
- get a foothold,
- get leverage,
- go into,
- go through,
- gossip,
- handspike,
- hoist,
- hunt,
- indagate,
- inquirer,
- inquisitive,
- inquisitor,
- intermeddle,
- intermeddler,
- investigate,
- iron crow,
- jimmy,
- kibitz,
- kibitzer,
- lever,
- leverage,
- lift,
- limb,
- look,
- look around,
- look into,
- look round,
- look through,
- marlinespike,
- meddle,
- meddle with,
- meddler,
- mess with,
- monkey with,
- mouse,
- nose,
- nose around,
- nosy Parker,
- outrigger,
- Paul Pry,
- Paul-Pry,
- peavey,
- pedal,
- peek,
- peep,
- Peeping Tom,
- peer,
- peer into,
- pick up,
- pinch bar,
- play peekaboo,
- plumb,
- poke,
- poke around,
- poke into,
- prier,
- prize,
- probe,
- pry into,
- querier,
- querist,
- questioner,
- quidnunc,
- raise,
- rear,
- research,
- ripping bar,
- root,
- rubberneck,
- rubbernecker,
- scopophiliac,
- search,
- search into,
- search through,
- separate,
- sift,
- sightseer,
- smell around,
- snook,
- snoop,
- snooper,
- sound,
- spar,
- spy,
- take a peep,
- take up,
- tamper with,
- treadle,
- turn,
- twist,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- uprear,
- voyeur,
- wedge,
- wrecking bar,
- yenta