Definition of pries:
(v) :
(intransitive) To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
(v) :
(intransitive) (figuratively) To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
(n) :
An act of prying; a close and curious look.
(n) :
A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
(v) :
To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.
(n) :
(East Anglia, US) A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.