HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Home › Dictionary › English › Pry
Back to search

Pry

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
pɹaɪ

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. An act of prying; a close and curious look.
  3. A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
    East-Anglia, US
  4. A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.

Equivalents

13 more languages

Examples

“With those beauties, scarce discern'd, / Kept with such sweet privacy, / That they seldom meet⟳ the eye / Of the little loves that fly⟳ / Round about with eager pry.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See all C2 English words →

See also

pryan pryanik prybar Prybirsk Pryce Prychidny

Learn this word in context

See Pry used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free