What is the meaning of prying?

noun

• Offensive inquisitiveness.
  • synonyms: nosiness, snoopiness

verb

• To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.
  • usage: "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
  • synonyms: pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy
• Be nosey.
  • usage: "Don't pry into my personal matters"
  • synonyms: pry
• Search or inquire in a meddlesome way.
  • usage: "This guy is always nosing around the office"
  • synonyms: intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke
• Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry.
  • usage: "They pried the information out of him"
  • synonyms: pry, prise

adjective

• Offensively curious or inquisitive.
  • usage: "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"
  • synonyms: nosy, nosey, snoopy