crowbar
/ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/ noun, verb
Forms crowbars crowbarring crowbarred
- noun An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
- noun An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.
- noun A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
- verb (transitive) To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise. “He crowbarred the door open.”
Synonyms
wrecking bar jemmy jimmy pinchbar nail bar crow pry prise / prize pry bar
Etymology
From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “crowbar”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details