hammer
noun
1. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
Similar word(s): cock
Definition categories: man–made, striker
2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
Definition categories: man–made
3. the ossicle attached to the eardrum
Similar word(s): malleus
Definition categories: body
4. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
Similar word(s): mallet
Definition categories: man–made, drumstick
5. a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
Definition categories: man–made
6. a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
Definition categories: man–made, striker
7. a power tool for drilling rocks
Definition categories: man–made
8. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
Similar word(s): hammering, pound, pounding
Definition categories: act, blow
Sentences with hammer as a noun:
- St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
verb
1. beat with or as if with a hammer
- hammer the metal flat
Definition categories: contact, beat
2. create by hammering
- hammer the silver into a bowl
Similar word(s): forge
Definition categories: creation, beat
Sentences with hammer as a verb:
- I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
- We hammered them 5-0!