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Definition of Hammer
1. Verb. Beat with or as if with a hammer. "Hammer the metal flat"
Specialized synonyms: Sledge, Sledgehammer
Related verbs: Forge
Derivative terms: Hammering
2. Noun. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled.
Group relationships: Firing Mechanism, Gunlock
Generic synonyms: Striker
Derivative terms: Cock
3. Verb. Create by hammering. "Forge a pair of tongues"
Generic synonyms: Beat
Specialized synonyms: Foliate, Dropforge
Derivative terms: Forge, Forger, Forging
4. Noun. A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking.
Terms within: Hammerhead, Head
Generic synonyms: Hand Tool
5. Noun. The ossicle attached to the eardrum.
Generic synonyms: Auditory Ossicle
Group relationships: Middle Ear, Tympanic Cavity, Tympanum
6. Noun. A light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc..
Generic synonyms: Drumstick
Group relationships: Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument
7. Noun. A heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw.
8. Noun. A striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate.
9. Noun. A power tool for drilling rocks.
Specialized synonyms: Air Hammer, Jackhammer, Pneumatic Hammer, Electric Hammer, Triphammer
Generic synonyms: Power Tool
10. Noun. The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows). "The pounding of feet on the hallway"
Generic synonyms: Blow
Derivative terms: Pound, Pound, Pound, Pound
Definition of Hammer
1. n. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
2. v. t. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.
3. v. i. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.
4. n. 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.
Definition of Hammer
1. Noun. (soccer) someone connected with w:West Ham FC West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. ¹
2. Noun. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. ¹
3. Noun. A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun. ¹
4. Noun. (anatomy) The malleus. ¹
5. Noun. (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string. ¹
6. Noun. (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing. ¹
7. Noun. (curling) The last rock in an end. ¹
8. Noun. (context: Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head. ¹
9. Verb. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc. ¹
10. Verb. (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly. ¹
11. Verb. (sports) To hit particularly hard. ¹
12. Verb. To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer. ¹
13. Verb. (figuratively sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hammer
1. to strike repeatedly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Hammer
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1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. "With busy hammers closing rivets up." (Shak)
2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer; as: That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.