/kroh"bahr'/ , n. , v.t. , crowbarred, crowbarring .
n.
1. Also called crow . a steel bar, usually flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever.
v.t.
2. to pry open, loosen, etc., with a crowbar: We had to crowbar a window to get in.
[ 1740-50, Amer.; CROW 1 + BAR 1 ; so called because one end was beak-shaped ]