tire iron

American  

noun

1. a short length of steel with one end flattened to form a blade, used as a crowbar for removing tires from wheel rims.

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Etymology

Origin of tire iron

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

There are even too many signature weapons: Cupid-approved metal arrows are great, so why fuss with a knife and a tire iron and an industrial grape press?

From Los Angeles Times

The faces are at once classically familiar and deeply strange, like Northern Renaissance portraiture pushed through a Cubist sieve, Hans Memling’s “Portrait of Barbara van Vlaendenbergh” worked over with a tire iron.

From New York Times

For these drivers, carmakers may safely assume that a can of Fix-a-Flat will be more useful than a spare, a jack and a tire iron.

From Los Angeles Times

Wilson said she ran back to her pickup truck, grabbed a tire iron and flagged down a passing car.

From Seattle Times

Located with your jack should be a lug wrench or tire iron.

From Seattle Times