crowbar

nounverbattested in dialogue

United States//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.

noun

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.

Etymology

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.

Forms

plural: crowbars
past tense: crowbarred
past participle: crowbarred
present participle: crowbarring
third person singular: crowbars

crotch · The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between…crow · A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong…Crow · A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.

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.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.