pry🔊

To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.

(figuratively) To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.

(obsolete) To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.

An act of prying; a close and curious look.

A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.

(East Anglia, US) A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.

To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.

(figuratively) To draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort. +