What (who) is pry - definition
pry
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Pry (disambiguation)
Probably or pretty.
That girl is pry cute. I'll pry see you in a few hours.That car is pry cool looking!
That girl is pry cute. I'll pry see you in a few hours.That car is pry cool looking!
pry
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(pries, prying, pried)
1.
If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions.
We do not want people prying into our affairs...
Imelda might think she was prying...
She thought she was safe from prying eyes and could do as she wished.
VERB: V into n, V, V-ing
2.
If you pry something open or pry it away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface.
They pried open a sticky can of blue paint...
I pried the top off a can of chilli...
Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.
= prize
VERB: V n with adj, V n prep, V n with adv
3.
If you pry something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use prize
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)
...their attempts to pry the names from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
VERB: V n from/out of n
pry
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pry1
¦ verb (pries, prying, pried) enquire too intrusively into a person's private affairs.
Derivatives
prying adjective
pryingly adverb
Origin
ME (in the sense 'peer inquisitively'): of unknown origin.
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pry2
¦ verb (pries, prying, pried) chiefly N. Amer. another term for prise.
Origin
C19: from prise, interpreted as pries, third person singular of the pres. tense.
Pronunciation examples for pry
1. Pry it open.
Vegetables on Fire _ Brooke Lewy _ Talks at Google
2. I'm not going to pry.
Free Spirit - Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid _ Joshua Safran _ Talks at Google
3. and pry open the windows
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4. You just pry it out.
Japanese Home Cooking - Simple Meals, Authentic Flavors _ Sonoko Sakai _ Talks at Google
5. We don't have to pry.
Kati Morton _ Are U Okay _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of pry
1. Weldon and his aide Peter Vincent Pry, a former C.I.A.
2. We didn‘t ask him why, we don‘t tend to pry into personal matters.
3. On Monday night, at least three protesters tried to pry the gate open.
4. This will not pry away the environmental resources, which will remain an internal Israeli matter.
5. It actually took a couple of seconds to pry my eyes open.