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tire iron
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tire iron
n.
A metal bar having one end shaped like a chisel and often the other in the form of a socket wrench, used for changing tires on metal rims.
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Noun1.tire iron - hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheeltire iron - hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel
tire tool
hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
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The boys, who attend Willamette and Crow high schools, were traveling with others in two cars and used metal pipes or tire irons to bash windows and dent doors on cars in the Bethel, Trainsong and River Road areas, police say.
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