pry

nouns

a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar

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"

jimmy, lever, prise, prize, pry

be nosey

"Don't pry into my personal matters!"

pry

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

inquire about

"I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

search or inquire in a meddlesome way

"This guy is always nosing around the office"

horn in, intrude, nose, poke, pry

is derived from

make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

"They pried the information out of him"

prise, pry

is derived from