1. v.intr. (pries, pried)
1. (usu. foll. by into) inquire impertinently (into a person's private affairs etc.).
2 (usu. foll. by into, about, etc.) look or peer inquisitively.
Derivatives:
prying adj. pryingly adv.
Etymology: ME prie, of unkn. orig. 2. v.tr. (pries, pried) US (often foll. by out of, open, etc.) PRISE.
Etymology: PRISE taken as pries 3rd sing. pres.