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prying

  • /ˈpɹaɪ.ɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of pry

noun pryings

  1. The act of one who pries. That it is wrongful to do a thing in that it is grubby in the way in which pryings for the sake of prurient interest are grubby, does not by itself make doing the thing an infringement of a claim.

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"prying." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prying. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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prying. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prying

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"prying." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prying.

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@misc{prying_2026,
  title = {prying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}