to pry around
1pry — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, backseat driver, bar, beam, beat the bushes, bend the eyes, boom, burrow, busybody, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, delve, delve into, dig, dig into, direct the eyes,… …
2pry — I v 1. inquire, question, query, quiz, ask; examine, interrogate, Inf. grill, cross examine; meddle, interfere, intermeddle, Brit. Dial. mell, interlope; intrude, butt in, U.S. Sl. horn in, obtrude; impose, interpose, intervene; mind other people …
3pry — verb I m not one to pry, but the goings on at that house are very suspicious Syn: inquire impertinently, be inquisitive, be curious, poke around/about, ferret (about/around), spy, be a busybody; eavesdrop, listen in, tap someone s phone, intrude; …
4pry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. examine, search, seek, peer, ransack, peek, reconnoiter; raise, force, prize, lever. See curiosity, inquiry, vision. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move with a lever] Syn. push, lift, raise, pull, prize,… …
5poke around — Synonyms and related words: beat about, beat the bushes, burrow, delve, dig, explore, feel around, feel for, forage, frisk, fumble, go through, grabble, grope, grope for, hunt, look around, look round, look through, nose around, poke, pry, pry… …
6Paul Pry (play) — Infobox Play name = Paul Pry image size = caption = writer = John Poole chorus = characters = Paul Pry mute = setting = date of premiere = 1825 country of Origin = England original language = English series = subject = genre = Farce Paul Pry… …
7mess around — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, bat out, botch, bungle, busybody, butt in, coquet, dabble, dally, dash off, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand, doodle, fake up, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with,… …
8nose around — Synonyms and related words: be curious, beat the bushes, burn with curiosity, burrow, delve, dig, dig around for, dig up, explore, forage, frisk, gape, gawk, go through, hunt, inquire, interrogate, look around, look round, look through, nose… …
9Nose around — Nose around, v. i. to look around or search, especially where one has no authority to do so; to pry; to be nosy. Same as {nose[2]}, v. i. [PJC] …
10look around — Synonyms and related words: beat the bushes, burrow, delve, dig, explore, forage, frisk, go through, hunt, look round, look through, nose around, poke, poke around, pry, research, root, search, search through, smell around …
