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   Ham·mer

   /ˈhamər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails.
   • ▪ a machine with a metal block for giving a heavy blow to something.
   • ▪ an auctioneer's mallet for indicating by a sharp tap that an article is sold.
   • ▪ a part of a mechanism that hits another part to make it work, such as one exploding the charge in a gun or one striking the strings of a piano.
   • 2. a metal ball, typically weighing 16 pounds (7.3 kg), attached to a wire for throwing in an athletic contest.
   • ▪ the sport of throwing a metal ball attached to a wire.
   • 3. another term for malleus

   verb

   • 1. hit or beat (something) with a hammer or similar object: "they are made by heating and hammering pieces of iron" Similar beatforgeshapeformmoldfashionmake
   • ▪ strike or knock at or on something violently with one's hand or with a hammer or other object: "she hammered on his door" Similar batterpummelbeatbangpoundstrikehitknock onthump oncudgelbludgeonclubpeltassailthwackinformal:bashwallopclobberwhack
   • ▪ strike (a ball, puck, etc.) very hard: "she hammered the ball into the top corner" Similar batterpummelbeatbangpoundstrikehitknock onthump oncudgelbludgeonclubpeltassailthwackinformal:bashwallopclobberwhack
   • 2. attack or criticize forcefully and relentlessly: informal "he got hammered for an honest mistake" Similar criticizecensureattackcondemncastigatechastiselambastepilloryreprimandrebukeadmonishremonstrate withtake to taskhaul over the coalsberatereproachreproveinformal:knockslamlay intoroastcaneblastbawl outdress downcarpetslateslag offmonsterrollickchew outream outpummelcut upbagrare:excoriateobjurgatereprehendOpposite praise
   • ▪ utterly defeat in a game or contest: "they hammered St. Louis 6–0" Similar trouncedefeatbeatbeat hollowworstbestoverwhelmroutannihilatebring someone to their kneesinformal:thrashclobberlickdemolishslaughtermurderpastepounddrubgive someone a drubbingwipe the floor withtake to the cleanersrun rings aroundwalk all overmake mincemeat ofturn something inside outstuffmarmalizeshellaccreamskunkblow outownOpposite lose to

   Word Origin Old Englishhamor, hamer, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch hamer, German Hammer, and Old Norse hamarr ‘rock’. The original sense was probably ‘stone tool’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hammerless adjective
   • 2. hammerer noun

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   What is a hammer used for?

   • : a hand tool that consists of a solid head set crosswise on a handle and is used for pounding (as in driving nails) : something that resembles a hammer in shape or action (as the part of a gun whose striking action causes explosion of the charge) : malleus

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   What does hammer mean?

   • : something that resembles a hammer in shape or action (as the part of a gun whose striking action causes explosion of the charge) : malleus : a heavy metal ball with a flexible handle that is thrown for distance in a track-and-field contest : to strike blows with or as if with a hammer : pound : to fasten, build, drive, or shape with a hammer

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   What does hammered mean?

   • A bowl of hammered brass. Shaped or marked by hammer blows. Drunk; intoxicated. Simple past tense and past participle of hammer. These he hammered and shaped and fitted to the horse's feet. In the Ligore ware the hammered ground-work is inlaid with a black composition of sulphides of baser metals which throws up the pattern with distinctness.

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   What is a deafening hammer?

   • And then the Monitor's deafening hammer sounded again, and after that, silence. Hammer definition: a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.. See examples of HAMMER used in a sentence.

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   A hammer is a tool with a metal head and a handle, used for beating, driving, or shaping metals, nails, etc. It can also refer to a device that strikes a bell, a piano key, or a ball in sports. Learn more about the word hammer, its origin, and its usage.

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   a tool consisting of a piece of metal with a flat end that is fixed onto the end of a long, thin, usually wooden handle, used for hitting things. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision/GettyImages. Examples. She hit her thumb with the hammer. She took a hammer and knocked a hole in the wall. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   A hammer is a tool you can use to drive nails into wood or other materials. You'll find a hammer in just about any toolbox, since it's useful for hanging pictures, making repairs, or breaking things apart.

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