All pry synonyms
pry
P p verb pry
- catch sight of β to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- cast about β to make a mental or visual search
- check over β a thorough examination or investigation.
- get into the act β To participate in an activity, especially a successful or attractive one.
- mess with β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- listen in β to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- grope β to feel about with the hands; feel one's way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.
- hunt down β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- enquire β (intransitive) To make an enquiry.
- gun for β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- jack β Sir John Arthur ("Jack") 1926β2014, Australian racing-car driver and designer.
- wring β to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
- muckrake β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- make with β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- jimmy β a short crowbar.
- intermeddling β Present participle of intermeddle.
- inquire β to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- be on to β (Idiomatic) To figure out; to realize the truth.
- nose β the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- check up β If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- in-grain β to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- ferret β a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
- get a load of β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- eyeballed β Simple past tense and past participle of eyeball.
- look over β the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- hit up β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- mousing β a wrapping of several turns of small stuff around the shank end of a hook.
- levered β Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- eavesdrop β to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- avulse β to remove or take away by force
- move up β to pass from one place or position to another.
- interlope β to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- levering β Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- ferret out β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- chime in β If you chime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
- fish out β any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- intermeddle β to take part in a matter, especially officiously; meddle.
- catheterize β to insert a catheter into
- muckraking β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- messing β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- muscle in β a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- look for β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- interfere β to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- ferreting β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- kibitz β to act as a kibitzer.
noun pry
- lever β tool for lifting