To pry is to try and find something out that is none of your business. We all hate people who pry, sticking their nose into our personal affairs, and it is an annoying and disrespectful habit.
A lever; also, leverage.
Noun
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
Verb
be nosey; "Don''t pry into my personal matters!"
Verb
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
Verb
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
Verb
search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
n.
A lever; also, leverage.
v. t.
To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry
or lever; to prize.
v. i.
To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt
to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying
reproach.
n.
Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
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Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, To pry into the secrets of the state.
Pry
A lever; also, leverage.
To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize.
To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.
Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
Usage Examples
When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.
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Other Usage ExamplesOn sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.
I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mama's boy and me. I sympathize with the monumental nature of her task. It will take a crowbar, two bulldozers and half a dozen Molotov cocktails to pry my Oedipus and me loose from one another.
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