Overview of noun pry

The noun pry has 1 sense

• crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar -- (a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge)

Overview of verb pry

The verb pry has 4 senses

• 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")


• pry -- (be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!")


• intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke -- (search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office")


• pry, prise -- (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him")