Word "PRY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
Synonyms:
jimmy, lever, prise, prize
Examples:
Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
Synonyms:
prise

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
Synonyms:
crowbar, pry bar, wrecking bar

Crossword Clues for PRY

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Clue Source Date
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Curious thing to do (3)
Ask nosy questions New York Times Mini 01 Apr 2024
Open with a crowbar
Wield a crowbar Newsday 24 Mar 2024
Elicit a "Butt out!," maybe
Move with leverage
Meddle Mirror Tea Time 18 Mar 2024
Open with a crowbar, say
Be nosy and sporty alternately (3)
Open with a crowbar, say
Inquire about personal matters New York Times Mini 21 Feb 2024
Snoop around Newsday 18 Feb 2024
Get too nosy
Inquire intrusively (3)
With 4-Down, use a crowbar to remove, say
Force open, as a box with a crowbar
Peer or be nosey
Be too nosy Newsday 17 Jan 2024
Be very nosy
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 06 Jan 2024
Use a lever Commuter 29 Dec 2023
Ask too many questions
Use a crowbar USA Today 18 Dec 2023
Be too inquisitive Family Time 17 Dec 2023
Try to get to the bottom of someone else's business?
Dig too deep
Be too nosy
Open with a crowbar, say
Meddle in matters you're not concerned with
Use a crowbar USA Today 29 Oct 2023
Be too inquisitive or nosy
Open with a crowbar, say
Get nosy Newsday 09 Oct 2023
Ask nosy questions USA Today 04 Oct 2023
Be a snoop Thomas Joseph 28 Sep 2023
Open with a crowbar, say
Enquire inquisitively
Open with a crowbar
Get too personal LA Times Daily 28 Aug 2023
Open with a crowbar, say
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 22 Aug 2023
Be a nosy neighbor, say
Use leverage Newsday 18 Aug 2023
Ask nosy questions USA Today 12 Aug 2023
Inquire nosily
Snoop around
Ask some inappropriate questions New York Times 20 Jul 2023
Be nosy Universal 12 Jul 2023
Get too nosy
Ask too much of someone? Wall Street Journal 29 Jun 2023
Get nosy
Force open with a crowbar
Get too nosy
Be nosy
Be nosy USA Today 29 Apr 2023
Ask too many personal questions, say
Be too nosy
Ask too many questions Newsday 03 Apr 2023
Be nosy LA Times Daily 28 Mar 2023
Be nosy
Force something open, as with a crowbar
Ask too many personal questions, say
Snoop Family Time 19 Feb 2023
Be a bit too nosy, say
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 04 Feb 2023
Use a crowbar, say
Crow bar Canadiana 23 Jan 2023
Ask too much Wall Street Journal 23 Jan 2023
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 20 Jan 2023
Open with a crowbar, say
Nose around Universal 05 Jan 2023
Be nosy
Act nosy Universal 23 Dec 2022
Be too nosy Newsday 21 Dec 2022
Be nosy Universal 21 Dec 2022
Snoop The Telegraph Quick 12 Dec 2022
Be nosy
Be nosy
Be nosy Newsday 29 Nov 2022
Be excessively nosy
Go where one shouldn't LA Times Daily 12 Nov 2022
Be nosy New York Times 26 Oct 2022
Open slightly, as with a crowbar
Use a crowbar Thomas Joseph 21 Sep 2022
Snoop quietly by railway The Guardian Quiptic 19 Sep 2022
Snoop quietly by railway
Snoop The Telegraph Quick 10 Sep 2022
Wrest (open) Newsday 08 Sep 2022
Ask nosy questions USA Today 03 Sep 2022
Be nosy
Use a crowbar on USA Today 31 Aug 2022
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 16 Aug 2022
Snoop The Telegraph Quick 16 Jul 2022
What investigators might do New York Times 25 Jun 2022
Be a snoop Newsday 20 Jun 2022
Use a crowbar Family Time 19 Jun 2022
Meddle The Telegraph Quick 07 Jun 2022
Ask intruding questions
Type of bar to wedge Family Time 15 May 2022
Snoop The Telegraph Quick 02 May 2022
Enquire intrusively The Times Concise 07 Apr 2022
Open with a crowbar
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 23 Mar 2022
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 14 Mar 2022
Ask too many questions?
Ask intimate questions, say New York Times 07 Feb 2022
Meddle The Washington Post 06 Feb 2022
Meddle LA Times Daily 06 Feb 2022
Ask too much Universal 30 Jan 2022
Ask nosy questions USA Today 23 Jan 2022
Ask "What are you trying to hide?" Family Time 09 Jan 2022
Use a crowbar Family Time 03 Jan 2022
Snoop
Be nosy Wall Street Journal 20 Dec 2021
Ask intrusive questions Universal 18 Dec 2021
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 11 Dec 2021
Meddle in someone else's business
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 01 Dec 2021
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 30 Nov 2021
Be a Nosey Parker
Enquire nosily The Telegraph Quick 27 Nov 2021
Use a crowbar Universal 23 Nov 2021
Get too nosy
Snoop The Telegraph Quick 15 Nov 2021
Poke your nose into someone else's matters
Inquire nosily Universal 15 Sep 2021
Be nosey The Telegraph Quick 07 Sep 2021
Snoop quietly online
Get excessively nosy Family Time 15 Aug 2021
Stick one's nose in
Snoop The Telegraph Quick 26 Jul 2021
Nose (into) LA Times Daily 11 Jul 2021
Nose (into) The Washington Post 11 Jul 2021
Ask too many questions Universal 10 Jul 2021
Snoop Universal 09 Jul 2021
Open with a crowbar?
Be a busybody Wall Street Journal 17 Jun 2021
Open with a crowbar, say
Snoop around
Get nosy USA Today 23 May 2021
Get too personal Newsday 02 May 2021
Be too interested Newsday 29 Apr 2021
Be a snoop Thomas Joseph 23 Apr 2021
Be a little too inquisitive
Open with a crowbar, say
Be nosey The Telegraph Quick 13 Apr 2021
Use a crowbar Wall Street Journal 22 Mar 2021
Get too nosy Family Time 15 Mar 2021
Use an oyster knife, say Universal 04 Mar 2021
Be nosy Newsday 03 Mar 2021
Get too nosy
Snoop Eugene Sheffer 25 Feb 2021
Get real nosy
Be too nosy Universal 12 Feb 2021
Ask personal questions USA Today 06 Feb 2021
Use leverage Newsday 31 Jan 2021
Push for an answer The Washington Post Sunday 31 Jan 2021
Snoop New York Times 29 Jan 2021
___ open (extract)
Stick one's nose in New York Times 03 Jan 2021
Force something open, as with a crowbar
Use a lever Newsday 27 Dec 2020
Be nosy Universal 19 Dec 2020
Open with a crowbar, say
Get nosy, say
Snoop The Telegraph Quick 29 Oct 2020
Wield a crowbar The Washington Post Sunday 25 Oct 2020
Use a crowbar on Newsday 18 Oct 2020
To nose, snoop The Telegraph Quick 14 Oct 2020
Snoop Universal 28 Sep 2020
Be too inquisitive or nosy
Be nosy The Telegraph Quick 08 Aug 2020
Nose around USA Today 02 Aug 2020
Dig too deeply Newsday 04 Jul 2020
Get nosy The Washington Post 30 Jun 2020
Get nosy LA Times Daily 30 Jun 2020
Use a crowbar Universal 28 Jun 2020
Use a crowbar USA Today 22 Jun 2020
Ask uncomfortable questions Universal 15 Jun 2020
Poke one's nose (into) New York Times 15 Jun 2020
Get too personal
Open with a crowbar, say
Ask too many questions, say
Prompt an 'M.Y.O.B.,' say New York Times 30 May 2020
Ask too many questions Wall Street Journal 26 May 2020
Ask nosy questions USA Today 10 May 2020
Poke one's nose into others' business USA Today 06 May 2020
Get too personal (rhymes with "cry")
Odd characters in party are very intrusive
Ask nosy questions Universal 17 Apr 2020
Ignore a request to MYOB USA Today 11 Apr 2020
___ open (open something with great effort)
Wrench with power New York Times 14 Mar 2020
Meddle LA Times Daily 06 Mar 2020
Meddle The Washington Post 06 Mar 2020
Ask invasively The Washington Post 23 Feb 2020
Ask invasively LA Times Daily 23 Feb 2020
Get nosy
Move a crowbar up and down Family Time 03 Feb 2020
Be nosy
Stick your nose where it doesn’t belong Wall Street Journal 11 Dec 2019
Force open with a crowbar, say
Inquire nosily
Inquire too closely into someone else's affairs
Nimble type loses head with snoop Irish Times Crosaire 07 Sep 2019
Ask too many questions
Interfere The Telegraph Quick 05 Sep 2019
Look into head of public railway The Telegraph Toughie 05 Sep 2019
Jimmy LA Times Daily 17 Aug 2019
Jimmy The Washington Post 17 Aug 2019
Wield a crowbar Newsday 08 Aug 2019
Get too personal Universal 08 Aug 2019
Jimmy (open) New York Times 05 Aug 2019
Wrest (open) Newsday 26 Jul 2019
___ open (open something with great effort)
Be snoopy USA Today 11 Jul 2019
Use muscle to open a jar Family Time 08 Jul 2019
Explore where you shouldn't LA Times Daily 06 Jul 2019
Explore where you shouldn't The Washington Post 06 Jul 2019
Use a crowbar Family Time 17 Jun 2019
Emulate a Nosy Parker The Washington Post Sunday 12 May 2019
Use a crowbar?
Meddle The Washington Post Sunday 05 May 2019
Snoop Wall Street Journal 04 May 2019
Lively, not starting to snoop The Telegraph Cryptic 04 May 2019
Enquire intrusively The Times Concise 24 Apr 2019
"___ into someone's private life" (interfere)
Extract with effort LA Times Daily 05 Apr 2019
Extract with effort The Washington Post 05 Apr 2019
Ask too-personal questions New York Times 31 Mar 2019
Use a lever
Enquire inquisitively
Be too curious USA Today 18 Feb 2019
Poke your nose into someone else's matters
Ask for sensitive info The Washington Post Sunday 10 Feb 2019
___ open, like with a crowbar perhaps
Be a busybody Universal 06 Feb 2019
Get nosy
Jimmy
Be snoopy
Snoop
Explore where you shouldn't
Jimmy (open)
Ask too-personal questions
Be a busybody
Extract with effort
Get too personal
Be too curious
Be a busybody
Mind someone else's business
Inquire about private matters
To open something slightly, as with a crowbar
Nose about Premier Sunday 18 Nov 2018
Be too personal USA Today 15 Nov 2018
Be way too inquisitive Universal 10 Nov 2018
Poke your nose in someone else's affairs
Act the snoop USA Today 31 Oct 2018
Get too personal New York Times 23 Oct 2018
Force (open) Newsday 21 Oct 2018
Be too nosy USA Today 20 Oct 2018
Use a crowbar Jonesin 09 Oct 2018
Open with a crowbar, as a locked gate
Ask too much? The New Yorker 10 Sep 2018
Be nosy
To open something slightly, as with a crowbar
Ask too much of somebody Wall Street Journal 12 Jul 2018
Be nosy Wall Street Journal 10 Jul 2018
Snoop around
Mind another's business Universal 01 Apr 2018
Use a lever Universal 06 Mar 2018
Be nosy New York Times 22 Jan 2018
Ask too much of somebody
Mind another's business
Be way too inquisitive
Act the snoop
Be nosy
Get too personal
Be too nosy
Be nosy
Be too personal
Open slightly, as with a crowbar
Poke nose into party regularly
Not mind one's own business New York Times 11 Dec 2017
Be nosy
Ask too many questions The Washington Post 24 Nov 2017
Ask too many questions LA Times Daily 24 Nov 2017
Use a crowbar Thomas Joseph 20 Nov 2017
Be a snoop Newsday 01 Nov 2017
Open with a crowbar, say
Open slightly, as with a crowbar
Force something open, as with a crowbar
Get leverage, in a way Jonesin 04 Jul 2017
Be inquisitive Wall Street Journal 24 Jun 2017
Be nosy
To open something, with a crowbar say
To ___ open, as with a crowbar
To ___ open something with a crowbar (rhymes with dry)
Enquire inquisitively
Snoop LA Times Daily 15 Mar 2017
Snoop The Washington Post 15 Mar 2017
Snoop around Newsday 14 Feb 2017
Crowbar, e.g LA Times Daily 28 Jan 2017
Get snoopy USA Today 05 Jan 2017
Ask too many questions
Get snoopy
Meddle
Crowbar, e.g.
Not mind one's own business
Work a jimmy Universal 30 Dec 2016
Wield a lever Newsday 23 Dec 2016
Get too personal The Washington Post 16 Dec 2016
Snoop Canadiana 05 Dec 2016
Be a snoop Family Time 04 Dec 2016
Mind someone else's business Universal 16 Nov 2016
Jimmy Universal 10 Nov 2016
Ask too many questions, say New York Times 10 Nov 2016
Get nosy Newsday 10 Oct 2016
Characters not even attending party act curiously The Telegraph Toughie 04 Oct 2016
Be a buttinsky USA Today 22 Sep 2016
'I don't mean to ___ ...' New York Times 18 Sep 2016
Be a Nosy Parker USA Today 15 Sep 2016
Wrest open New York Times 08 Sep 2016
Use a lever Family Time 08 Aug 2016
Enquire too inquisitively Irish Times Simplex 14 Jun 2016
Ask personal questions Wall Street Journal 25 May 2016
Jimmy New York Times 12 Mar 2016
Be a snoop Universal 06 Mar 2016
Inquire nosily Premier Sunday 14 Feb 2016
Be too nosy Family Time 08 Feb 2016
Jimmy Newsday 02 Jan 2016
Mind someone else's business
Be a Nosy Parker
Work a jimmy
Wrest open
"I don't mean to ___ ..."
Be a buttinsky
Jimmy
Ask too many questions, say
Ask too much The Washington Post 09 Dec 2015
Be nosy Family Time 15 Nov 2015
Ask over-personally USA Today 06 Aug 2015
Ask too much Newsday 02 Aug 2015
Snoop USA Today 27 Jul 2015
Be a busybody USA Today 09 Jun 2015
Jimmy, e.g Wall Street Journal 15 May 2015
Use a crowbar Eugene Sheffer 07 Apr 2015
Apply a jimmy USA Today 02 Apr 2015
Poke one's nose (into) LA Times Daily 11 Mar 2015
Implore to wipe a nose The Times Cryptic 12 Feb 2015
Force (open) LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2015
Get too nosy Universal 13 Jan 2015
Apply a jimmy
Get too nosy
Ask too much
Use a lever
Poke one's nose (into)
Force (open)
Be too nosy
Be nosy
Meddle
Ask too much
Ask too many questions Newsday 01 Jan 2015
Ask too many questions
Jimmy, e.g.
Use a crowbar
Snoop
Be a busybody
Ask over-personally
Get too personal
Ask too many questions
Be snoopy
Use a crowbar on
Get too nosy
Get too personal
Listen through a door, say
Be a snoop
Snoop
Be nosy
Jimmy
Get nosy
Ask too many questions
Butt in
Meddle
Pull with effort
Snoop
Be inquisitive
Meddle
Butt in
Pull with effort
Snoop
Nose around
Apply leverage to
Be overly inquisitive
Force (open)
Jimmy
Be a buttinsky
Stick one's nose in
Use a jimmy
Be a buttinsky
Get nosy
Ask overpersonally
Be inquisitive
Wield a crowbar
Jimmy
Overdo the curiosity
Be nosy
Eavesdrop, maybe
Inquire about private matters
Wield a crowbar
Look too closely
Snoop
Snoop
Butt in
Act like a yenta
Ask too much?
Inquire about private matters
Use leverage
Ask too many questions
Use a crowbar
Crowbar
Be a buttinsky
Be a Nosy Parker
Act the snoop
Get leverage, in a way
Obtain with difficulty
Jimmy
Use leverage on
Get too personal
Open someone else's e-mails, maybe
Mind someone else's business
Nose around
Nose into
Jimmy
Inquire nosily
Snoop
Delve (into)
Force (open)
Act like a yenta
Ask overpersonally
Act like a yenta
Jimmy
Be a buttinsky
Use a crowbar
Jimmy
Force, in a way
Ask a few too many questions?
Be nosy
Force, in a way
Be nosy
Nose about
Be overly inquisitive
Jimmy
Disconcert the interviewee, perhaps
Be a busybody
Nose about
More than inquire
Be too curious
Be nosy
Get nosy
Seek intimate information
Snoop
Sniff around
Be a busybody
Sniff around
Use a crowbar
Nose around
Get leverage
Apply leverage
Be a Nosy Parker
Be a Nosy Parker
Be a busybody
Use leverage
Be a yenta
Exhibit nosiness
Be a Nosy Parker
Butt in
Show unseemly curiosity
Snoop
Be a Nosy Parker
Snoop around
Nose around
Stick one's nose into
Use leverage
Be a Nosey Parker
Don't mind your own business
Use a jimmy
Peep
Crowbar
Ferret out
Use a lever
Snoop
Stick one's nose into
Meddle
Meddle
Use leverage
Lever
Act the snoop
Use a crowbar
Lever
Remove using force
Be too inquisitive
Be a Nosy Parker
Use (as a lever)
Be a snoop
Remove using force
Ask too many questions
Be a buttinsky
Do a Barbara Walters
Not get off easily?
Lever
Use a lever
Put one's nose in
Try to open a jar, say
Be too interested?
Crowbar
Snoop
Ferret out
Be a good investigative reporter
Be a busybody
Apply a jimmy
Be a yenta
"I don't mean to ___..."
Use a jimmy
Act the snoop
Use your nose?
Lever
Be nosy
Snoop
Get nosy
Jimmy
Use a crowbar
Get nosy
Use a crowbar
Ask a lot of questions
Be too personal
Try to open, in a way
Ask overpersonally
What quidnuncs do
Inquisitive Paul
Use a lever
Be a yenta
Inquire impertinently
Nose around
Detach by leverage
Nose
Paul ___
Nose about
Be a quidnunc.
Peep.
Lever.
Look closely.
Leverage.
Paul ___.
Snoop.
Busybody.
Crowbar.
Inquisitive one.
Extract with difficulty.
Snoop about.
Move with difficulty.
Paul ___, meddlesome fellow.
Move by a lever.
Inspect nosily.
Meddlesome person.
Move with a lever.
Peer inquisitively.
Impertinent peeping.
Get too personal
Meddle
Be a snoop
Butt in
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