hammer | English to English Dictionary

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hammer

('h/&/m/@/r )

the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
cock

source: wordnet30
a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
the ossicle attached to the eardrum(noun.body)

Synonym:
malleus

source: wordnet30
a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
mallet

source: wordnet30
a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a power tool for drilling rocks(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
power hammer

source: wordnet30
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)(noun.act)

Example:
The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard.

Synonym:
hammering, pound, pounding

source: wordnet30
An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.(noun)

source: webster1913
A spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled from a mark or ring. The weight of head and handle is usually not less than 16 pounds.(noun)

source: webster1913

beat with or as if with a hammer(verb.contact)

Example:
Hammer the metal flat.

source: wordnet30
create by hammering(verb.creation)

Example:
Hammer the silver into a bowl.

Synonym:
forge

source: wordnet30
To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.(verb)

source: webster1913