crowbar

English

Etymology

From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) +‎ bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/

Noun

A crowbar

crowbar (plural crowbars)

1. 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.
2. An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.
3. A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.

Synonyms

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• jemmy, jimmy, nail bar, prybar, pinchbar

Derived terms

• crowbar hotel

Translations

iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart

• Belarusian: цвікадзёр m (cvikadzjór) (nail puller), лом m (lom)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橇棍 (qiāogùn), 鐵橇／铁橇 (zh), 铁橇 (zh) (tiěqiāo), 撬杠 (zh) (qiàogàng), 鐵棒／铁棒 (zh) (tiěbàng), 铁棒 (zh) (tiěbàng)

• Czech: páčidlo (cs) n, pajsr (cs) m, pajcr (cs) m
• Danish: koben (da) n, brækjern n
• Dutch: koevoet (nl) m, breekijzer (nl) n
• Esperanto: levstango
• Estonian: sõrgkang
• Faroese: kúbein n, kleyv f
• Finnish: sorkkarauta (fi)
• French: pied-de-biche (fr) m
• Georgian: ძალაყინი (ʒalaq̇ini)
• German: Nageleisen n, Kuhfuß m, Geißfuß m, Brechstange (de) f, Brecheisen (de) n, Stemmeisen (de) n
• Hebrew: לום (he) m (lom)
• Hungarian: feszítővas (hu)
• Icelandic: kúbein (is) n
• Italian: piede di porco (it) m, palanchino (it) m
• Japanese: 鉄梃 (かなてこ, kanateko), バール (ja) (bāru), バー (bā)
• Kannada: ಹಾರೆ (kn) (hāre)
• Korean: 노루발못뽑이 (norubalmotppobi), 빠루 (ko) (pparu), 크로우바 (keurouba), 쇠지레 (soejire)
• Latin: vectis m
• Latvian: lauznis m
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• Lithuanian: laužtuvas m, dalba f
• Luxembourgish: Briecheisen n
• Macedonian: ќускија f (ḱuskija)
• Maori: koropā, whakatiriwhana
• Norwegian: brekkjern n, kubein n
• Persian: دِیلُم (fa)
• Polish: łom (pl) m
• Portuguese: pé-de-cabra (pt) m
• Romanian: rangă (ro) f
• Russian: лом (ru) m (lom), (small) ло́мик (ru) m (lómik), (nail puller) гвоздодёр (ru) m (gvozdodjór), (criminal slang) фо́мка (ru) f (fómka), ло́мтик (ru) m (lómtik)
• Serbo-Croatian: ćuskija (sh) f, pajser (sh) m
• Sikaiana: kolopaa
• Slovak: páčidlo n, pajsr m
• Spanish: palanqueta f, palanca (es) f, pata de cabra f
• Swedish: kofot (sv) c, bräckjärn n
• Tagalog: landok, landol, ligkal
• Telugu: పలుగు (te) (palugu)
• Tok Pisin: koroba
• Turkish: levye (tr)
• Ukrainian: цвяходе́р (uk) m (cvjaxodér) (nail puller), лом (uk) m (lom)
• Walloon: pî-d'-bixhe m, pidbixhe m

Verb

1. (transitive) To use force to move. To prise.

Translations

to force to move usually with the use of a crowbar.

• Finnish: kangeta (fi)
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• Maori: whakatiriwhana