crowbar

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/

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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.

   Synonyms: wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, pinchbar, nail bar

   Hypernyms: prise bar, prybar

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.

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crowbar (third-person singular simple present crowbars, present participle crowbarring, simple past and past participle crowbarred)

1. (transitive) To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.

   He crowbarred the door open.