crowbar
[kroh-bahr]
- Also called crow. a steel bar, usually flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever.
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- to pry open, loosen, etc., with a crowbar: We had to crowbar a window to get in.
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Origin of crowbar
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Examples from the Web for crowbar
Contemporary Examples
“One swipe with a crowbar and he would have been down,” Sasha said.
I Heard About the Latest Crazed Shooter While I Watched the World Cup with Guys He Almost KilledDaniel Genis
July 1, 2014
How can he have a crowbar with him when he gets to the warehouse?
Considering you would need a crowbar to pry them apart, it's true that food and wine in France share a special bond.
Abad told the police her mother had struck her with a crowbar.
Historical Examples
Finally we had to dig out the crowbar and I went to work on the top.
Arm of the LawHarry Harrison
Csar was gitting as straight as a crowbar and as grim as a gannet.
The ManxmanHall Caine
Why had Worth gone to the shed hunting a crowbar to open the door?
The Million-Dollar SuitcaseAlice MacGowan
You use a crowbar when you want to raise a heavy object such as a rock.
Common ScienceCarleton W. Washburne
Heyst yelled to the Chinaman, who was running with the crowbar in his hand.
VictoryJoseph Conrad
crowbar
- a heavy iron lever with one pointed end, and one forged into a wedge shape
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Word Origin and History for crowbar
n.
1748, with bar (n.1), earlier simply crow (c.1400); so called from its "beak" or from resemblance to a crow's foot; or possibly it is from crows, from Old French cros, plural of croc "hook."
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