crow·bar

(krō′bär′)

A straight bar of iron or steel, with the working end shaped like a chisel and often slightly bent and forked, used as a lever.

tr.v. crow·barred, crow·bar·ring, crow·bars

To extract, remove, or insert forcibly: "[The newsmagazines] can crowbar stories in as late as Sunday and still be out on Monday" (Edwin Diamond).

[crow + bar.]

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crowbar

(ˈkrəʊˌbɑː)

(Tools) a heavy iron lever with one pointed end, and one forged into a wedge shape

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

crow•bar

(ˈkroʊˌbɑr)

n.

a steel bar, usu. flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever.

[1740–50, Amer.; so called because one end was beak-shaped]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

crowbar - a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

pry, pry bar, wrecking bar

jim crow - a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails

jemmy, jimmy - a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"

lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

Translations

مُخُل، عَتَلـة حَديديّـه

sochor

brækjernkobenløftestang

Stemmeisen Brechstange

palanca palanqueta

sorkkarauta

pied-de-biche levier

emelõrúd

kúbein

palanchinopiede di porco

dalbalaužtuvas

lauznis

brekkjern kubein spett

pé-de-cabra

ломик фомка

páčidlosochor

kofot

manivelâ

铁撬棍

crowbar

[ˈkrəʊbɑːʳ] N → palanca f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crowbar

[ˈkrəʊbɑː^r] n → levier m, pince f à levier

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

crowbar

[ˈkrəʊbɑːʳ] n → piede m di porco

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

crowbar

(ˈkrəubaː) noun

a large iron stake with a bend at the end, used to lift heavy stones etc.

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References in classic literature

As yet my iron crowbar was the most helpful thing I had chanced upon.

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Mark my words!' said the robber, poising a crowbar, which he had drawn from under the bedstead.

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It was a crowbar, that pitiful sum of money accumulated by two years of crucifixion.

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Stand off," Mikolka screamed frantically; he threw down the shaft, stooped down in the cart and picked up an iron crowbar. "Look out," he shouted, and with all his might he dealt a stunning blow at the poor mare.

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I wish the crowbar had smashed my skull ten years ago.

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He made use sometimes of the hilt of his sword as an additional help: introducing it between ribs that were too rebellious, making it take the part of a lever or crowbar, to separate husband from wife, uncle from nephew, and brother from brother.

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"Broke both his arms with the crowbar," Bud supplemented.

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Towards that small and ghostly hour, he rose up from his chair, took a key out of his pocket, opened a locked cupboard, and brought forth a sack, a crowbar of convenient size, a rope and chain, and other fishing tackle of that nature.

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At my own writing-table, pushed into a corner and cumbered with little bottles, Joe now sat down to his great work, first choosing a pen from the pen-tray as if it were a chest of large tools, and tucking up his sleeves as if he were going to wield a crowbar or sledgehammer.

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The miners, also, taking a crowbar with them, often wander on Sundays over the mountains.

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That bravely and uninjured takes the jam which would have snapped all their oaken handspikes and iron crowbars. By itself this sufficiently illustrates the obvious fact I drive at.

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These defensive weapons were accompanied by pickaxes, crowbars, saws, and other useful implements, not to mention clothing adapted to every temperature, from that of polar regions to that of the torrid zone.

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