1. Offensively curious or inquisitive
   "prying eyes";
   - nosy, nosey, snoopy

1. Tendency to pry into other people's affairs; offensive curiosity
   "Her prying about the neighbours' activities was a constant source of gossip";
   - nosiness, snoopiness

1. Be nosey
   "Don't pry into my personal matters!";
   - nosy, nosey
    
2. Inquire, listen or interfere uninvited in a meddlesome way
   "This guy is always prying around the office";
   - intrude, horn in [informal], nose, poke
    
3. Extract or obtain (information) with persistent effort or questioning
   "They pried the information out of him";
   - prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
   "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail";
   - prise [Brit, Cdn], prize [N. Amer], lever, jimmy [N. Amer], jemmy [Brit]

Derived forms: pryings

See also: curious, sniff out

Type of: ask, curiousness, enquire [Brit, Cdn], extort, inquire, inquisitiveness, look, open, open up, search, wring from

Encyclopedia: Pry, To