The Clue
Like a Nosy Parker (6 letter answer)
The Answer
PRYING
Tags
Notes
The answer PRYING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Intrusive
Definition
PRYING as a noun:
1. (nosiness, prying, snoopiness) = offensive inquisitiveness
PRY as a verb:
1. (pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy) = to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
2. be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"
3. (intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke) = search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
4. (pry, prise) = make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
PRYING as an adjective:
1. (nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy) = offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"