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Synonyms for crowbar

  • noun

Most common

jimmy nail bar wrecking bar pry bar

All synonyms

Noun

1. Wrecking bar — an iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to…

wrecking bar, jimmy, pry bar, nail bar, pinch bar, pinch

Definitions

  1. n. 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.

Related words

Is a kind of
prybar

Forms

Plural
crowbars → jimmies, pinches…

Example sentences

  • jimmy Jimmy hasn't got used to driving on the left yet.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
crowbarrising
jimmyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
jimmy2, pinch1

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jimmy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pince-monseigneur