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pry

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pry in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
    crowbar  wrecking bar  pry  pry bar 
verb
  1. search or inquire in a meddlesome way
    "This guy is always nosing around the office"
    intrude  horn in  pry  nose  poke 
  2. 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"
    pry  prise  prize  lever  jimmy 
  3. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
    "They pried the information out of him"
    pry  prise 
  4. be nosey
    "Don't pry into my personal matters!"
    pry 
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