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pry
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pry
v.
look curiously, peep, peer; meddle, interfere; force open, wrest open with a crowbar or similar tool
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PRY
PRY may refer to:
- Paraguay
- Perry Barr railway station, England; National Rail station code PRY
- The IATA code for Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria, South Africa
- Pry (Better Interactive Ruby Shell) - Read, Evaluate, and Print Ruby code (better than irb)
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Pry
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pry
Noun
1. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
(synonym) crowbar, wrecking bar, pry bar
(hypernym) lever
(hyponym) jim crow
(derivation) prise, prize, lever, jimmy
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) prise, prize, lever, jimmy
(hypernym) open, open up
(entail) loosen, loose
(derivation) crowbar, wrecking bar, pry bar
2. be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"
(hypernym) ask, inquire, enquire
(derivation) nosiness, prying, snoopiness
3. search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
(synonym) nose, poke
(hypernym) search, look
(derivation) nosiness, prying, snoopiness
4. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
(synonym) prise
(hypernym) extort, wring from
(derivation) nosiness, prying, snoopiness
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pry
v.
strkat nos do čeho; být zvědavý; otevřít násilím; vypáčit; vypáčit co (z koho)
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pry
Czas.
wtrącać się
