American English pronunciation
How to pronounce hammer
IPA transcription: ['hæmɚ]
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Noun
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the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
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a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
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the ossicle attached to the eardrum
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a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
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a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
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a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
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a power tool for drilling rocks
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the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
“the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard”
“the pounding of feet on the hallway”
Verb
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beat with or as if with a hammer
“hammer the metal flat”
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create by hammering
“hammer the silver into a bowl”
“forge a pair of tongues”
Usage examples
- A wide range of body hammers are used in metalworking.
- Hammer Mattel dolls, lunchboxes, and other merchandise were marketed.
- A thousand smiths’ hammers are beating in my head!
- The toolbox included a screwdriver, a spanner, a hammer, a saw and a drill
- The two stations are separated by Hammersmith Broadway.
- 'I said to myself, so this is the Hammer, this is Henry Aaron.
- Hypothenar hammer syndrome is a vascular occlusion of this region.
- HammerFall was relegated to being a side project of them all for several years.
- It is within the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservation Area of Parsons Green.
- When they arrived at Fanahammeren, the cross was easy to carry.