Definition of Hammer

Noun: hammer  ha-mu(r)

  1. A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
     
  2. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
    - cock
     
  3. The ossicle attached to the eardrum
    - malleus
     
  4. A light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
    - mallet
     
  5. A heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
     
  6. A striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
     
  7. A power tool for drilling rocks
    - power hammer
     
  8. The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
    "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard";
    - pound, hammering, pounding
Verb: hammer  ha-mu(r)
  1. Beat with or as if with a hammer
    "hammer the metal flat"
     
  2. Create by hammering
    "hammer the silver into a bowl";
    - forge
     
  3. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    - cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick, trounce, wipe the floor, whale [N. Amer], slaughter, tromp [N. Amer], smoke [N. Amer], muller [Brit], beat hollow

See also:
hammed
hammered

Anagrams containing the word hammer

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