crowbar
sustantivoverboatestiguado en diálogos
- Estados Unidos//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.
sustantivo
- 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.
Etimología
From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot.
verbo
- 1
To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
He crowbarred the door open.
Formas
- plural
- crowbars
- pasado
- crowbarred
- participio
- crowbarred
- gerundio
- crowbarring
- 3.ª persona del 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.