hammer

Nouns

  • (n) the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled cock,
  • (n) a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
  • (n) the ossicle attached to the eardrum malleus,
  • (n) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. mallet,
  • (n) a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
  • (n) a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
  • (n) a power tool for drilling rocks power hammer,
  • (n) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
    • the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
    • the pounding of feet on the hallway
    hammering, pounding, pound,

Verbs

  • (v) beat with or as if with a hammer
    • hammer the metal flat
  • (v) create by hammering
    • hammer the silver into a bowl
    • forge a pair of tongues
    forge,

Synonyms

cock forge malleus mallet power hammer hammering pounding pound

Words of close approximity

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