All pried synonyms
prie
P p verb pried
- catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
- meddled — Simple past tense and past participle of meddle.
- jimmied — a short crowbar.
- groped — to feel about with the hands; feel one's way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.
- jacked — Carpentry. having a height or length less than that of most of the others in a structure; cripple: jack rafter; jack truss.
- nosed — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- monkeyed — Simple past tense and past participle of monkey.
- interfered — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- ferreted — Simple past tense and past participle of ferret.
- impinged — to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life.
- obtruded — Simple past tense and past participle of obtrude.
- muckraked — Simple past tense and past participle of muckrake.
- kibitzed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibitz.
- inquired — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- wiretapped — Simple past tense and past participle of wiretap.
- grabbled — Simple past tense and past participle of grabble.
noun pried
- levered — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).