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palanqueta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crowbar noun A steel bar, usually with a curved, flattened end, used as a lever to pry things apart or force them open.
  • Jimmy verb To force open, especially a lock or window, using a crowbar or similar tool.

Senses

palanqueta is used for these senses in English:

  • bar shot (military, historical) A double-headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.
  • cereal bar A snack composed of some form of breakfast cereal that has been compressed into a bar shape and is held together with some form of edible adhesive.
  • crowbar 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.
  • jimmy (informal) A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.

crowbar — full definition

  1. noun A steel bar, usually with a curved, flattened end, used as a lever to pry things apart or force them open.
  2. verb To force open or move using a crowbar, or by similar forceful means.

Jimmy — full definition

  1. verb To force open, especially a lock or window, using a crowbar or similar tool.
  2. noun A short crowbar used by burglars to pry open doors or windows.
  3. noun Small rod-shaped sprinkles used to decorate ice cream or baked goods (mainly US regional usage).

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