| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: pried ( prd), pry·ing, pries ( prz)
To look or inquire closely, curiously, or impertinently: was always prying into the affairs of others. | | NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. pries ( prz)
1. The act of prying. 2. An excessively or impertinently inquisitive person. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English prien. | | OTHER FORMS: | —ADVERB
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