pry¹ /prī/

1. To peer or peep into something that is private (also figurative)
2. To examine things with impertinent curiosity

1. An act of prying (rare)
2. Someone who pries (like Paul Pry, in John Poole's (1792–1879) comedy of that name)

prīˈer (also pryˈer) noun

Someone who pries

pryˈing noun and adjective

• small ale
• small ales
• small-and-early
• small arm
• small arms
• small beer
• small-bore
• small calorie
• small capitals
• small caps
• small change
• small chop
• small chops
• small circle
• small claims
• small-clothes
• small-coal
• small-coals
• small cornet
• small craft
• small crafts
• smalled
• small end of the wedge
• smaller
• smallest