crowbar

crow·bar (kr

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.]

crowbar

crowbar [ˈkrəʊˌbɑː]

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

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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

crowbar [ˈkrəʊbɑːʳ] N → palanca f

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

crowbar [ˈkrəʊbɑːʳ] n → piede m di porco

crowbar

n crowbar [ˈkrəubaː]

a large iron stake with a bend at the end, used to lift heavy stones etc. koevoet, breekyster مُخُل، عَتَلـة حَديديّـه барамина sochor brækjern; løftestang das Stemmeisen λοστός palanca sõrgkang دیلم sorkkarauta levier לוֹם बोझ उठाने की डण्डी, लोह दंड željezna poluga emelőrúd linggis kúbein palanchino かなてこ 쇠지렛대 dalba, laužtuvas lauznis alabangka koevoet brekkjern, kubein, spett łom pé-de-cabra rangă аншпуг sochor vzvod poluga kofot, bräckjärn ชะแลง manivelâ 鐵撬 лом سبل، گدالا xà beng 撬棍

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as the crow flies
BAR
Crow
crowing
Crows
fulcrum
jemmy
Jim Crow
jimmy
lever
pinch bar
Poll pick
pry
pry bar
wrecking bar

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

The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context

Stand off," Mikolka screamed frantically; he threw down the shaft, stooped down in the cart and picked up an iron crowbar.

Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

Sikes proceeded to drink brandy at a furious rate, and to flourish the crowbar in an alarming manner; yelling forth, at the same time, most unmusical snatches of song, mingled with wild execrations.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

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