Definition of pry

"pry" in the noun sense

1. crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar

a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

"pry" in the verb sense

1. pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy

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"

2. pry

be nosey

"Don't pry into my personal matters!"

3. intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke

search or inquire in a meddlesome way

"This guy is always nosing around the office"

4. pry, prise

make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

"They pried the information out of him"

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Quotations for pry

He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit. [ Dryden ]

The eye of Paul Pry often finds more than he wished to find. [ Lessing ]

I will give up my gun when they pry it from my cold dead fingers. [ Unknown ]

pry in Scrabble®

The word pry is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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pry in Words With Friends™

The word pry is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Words within the letters of pry

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Words containing the sequence pry

Words that end with pry (4 words)

Word Growth involving pry

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Longer words containing pry

archbishopry

caprylate caprylates

caprylic

gossipry

pryer pryers

pryer spryer

prying pryingly

prying pryingness

prying pryings

prymnesiophyte prymnesiophytes

prymnesiophytic

pryproof

spry spryer

spry spryest

spry spryly

spry spryness