TubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “pry”
Hear “pry” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for pry
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pry with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation
He even needed a small crowbar to pry them away.
- Definition summary
- (intransitive)
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pry
How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

He even needed a small crowbar to pry them away.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pry”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive)
- (transitive, obsolete) To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.
- [Noun]
- An act of prying; a close and curious look.
- A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
Practice Nearby Words
prise, prize, poke, pry bar, wrecking bar, crowbar, lever, nose, jimmy, meddle, extract, pull, press, search, frisk, snoop, open, compel, lift, raise, remove, detach, eject, strip-search, separate, release, disengage, prune, phl, pritch, sniff, rime, peak, nosy, smell out, prig, fray, probe, preen, proul, implore, piroot, proke, pinch, pranck, pique, peer, seek, cough, progue, twire, pluck, patter, wring, prod, prickle, troll, prancke, powter, peep, priss around, upseek, buckle, needle, thrust, claw, trouble, pringle, query, supplicate, practise, prill, trice, purloin, snatch, yoke, noodle, grobble, wrangle, quicken, hover, plough, purse, brob, by-peep, come the raw prawn, glance, sneak, push, wray, hurtle, strain, broach, abraid, catch, grope, crack, frain, underpeep, perch
Similar Sounds
pry, pri, prei, pray, prey, pro, peru, pre, prow, prix, pree, prie, pra, pero, prue, pera, paree, pru, pery, perot, preu, proo, proe, prau, prae, purree, prao, purau, preux, brye, brei, prn, pern, pirn, pride, pie, prize, price, pearl, prime, per, perk, prior, perm, perth, pariah, pert, prise, perv, pers, perf, perl, perve, pried, perc, perse, prine, pries, perce, pere, pae, prt, pearle, ppor, pearch, prk, peart, perge, perle, pearse, prier, perd, prr, prm, perg, pirk, paie, pirl, perz, pirt, peard, prs, prg, prc, preiss, prd, prss, perh, perte, perq, prv, prf, pirc, ppar