crowbar
SubstantivVerbin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ//
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
Substantiv
- 1
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
- 2
An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.
- 3
A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
Herkunft
From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot.
Verb
- 1
To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
He crowbarred the door open.
Formen
- Plural
- crowbars
- Präteritum
- crowbarred
- Partizip II
- crowbarred
- Partizip I
- crowbarring
- 3. Person Singular
- crowbars
crowbar · An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
crowd · To press forward; to advance by pushing.crowded · Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.Crowe · A surname.