hammer

IPA: hˈæmɝ

noun

  • A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
  • The act of using a hammer to hit something.
  • (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
  • (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
  • (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
  • (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
  • (curling) The last stone in an end.
  • (frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
  • Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
  • One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
  • (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
  • (soccer) someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
  • A surname.
  • (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline. [A brief larger headline above a smaller main headline.]

verb

  • To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
  • To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
  • (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
  • (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
  • (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
  • (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
  • (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly
  • (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
  • (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
  • (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
  • (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
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Examples of "hammer" in Sentences

  • He bought a hammer and a spade.
  • The anon user is hammering the article.
  • Don't be shy in hammering out the kinks
  • The hammer was to be used to pulverize the clods.
  • The hammer of the drill hits the flat end of the shank.
  • In this hammer, the lubricant is retained in the cavities.
  • Hammer and sickle is the international symbol of Communism.
  • Hammer and sickle are the international symbol of Communism.
  • The most common type of forging equipment is the hammer and anvil.
  • At this point, the steel will pulverize at the strike of a hammer.

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