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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pry1 /praɪ/USA pronunciation v. [no object], pried, pry•ing. - to ask rude or impolite questions about something private;
to investigate or try to find out about something private.
pry2 /praɪ/USA pronunciation v., pried, pry•ing, n., pl. pries. v. [~ + object] - Buildingto move, raise, or open, with or as if with a tool like a lever:pried off the lid of the jar.
- to obtain or get (something) with difficulty:to pry a secret out of someone.
n. [countable] - Buildinga tool for prying.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pry1 (prī),USA pronunciation v., pried, pry•ing, n., pl. pries. v.i. - to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something:to pry into the personal affairs of others.
- to look closely or curiously;
peer;
peep.
n. - an impertinently inquisitive person.
- an act of prying.
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- Middle English pryen, prien 1275–1325
- Buildingto move, raise, or open by leverage.
- to get, separate, or ferret out with difficulty:to pry a secret out of someone; We finally pried them away from the TV.
n. - Buildinga tool, as a crowbar, for raising, moving, or opening something by leverage.
- the leverage exerted.
- back formation from prize3, taken as a plural noun, nominal or 3rd pers. singular verb 1800–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pry /praɪ/ vb (pries, prying, pried)- (intransitive) often followed by into: to make an impertinent or uninvited inquiry (about a private matter, topic, etc)
n ( pl pries)- the act of prying
- a person who pries
Etymology: 14th Century: of unknown origin pry /praɪ/ vb (pries, prying, pried)- US Canadian to extract or obtain with difficulty: they had to pry the news out of him
Equivalent term (in Britain and other countries): prise Etymology: 14th Century: of unknown origin |