Definition of hammer in English

WordNet

Noun Plural: hammers
hammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
		hand tool a tool used with workers' hands
		ball-peen hammer a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal
		bricklayer's hammer a hammer used in laying bricks
		carpenter's hammer, claw hammer, clawhammer a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
		hammerhead medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
		head a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle"
		beetle, mallet insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
		maul, sledgehammer, sledge a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
		percussor, plessor, plexor (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
hammer - the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
		pound, hammering, pounding
		blow forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
hammer - a power tool for drilling rocks
		power hammer
		power tool a tool driven by a motor
		air hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic hammer a hammer driven by compressed air
		electric hammer a hammer driven by electric motor
hammer - the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
		cock
		striker the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
		firing mechanism, gunlock the action that ignites the charge in a firearm
hammer - a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
		striker the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
hammer - a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
hammer - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
		mallet
		drumstick a stick used for playing a drum
hammer - the ossicle attached to the eardrum
		malleus
		auditory ossicle ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear
Verb hammers, hammering, hammered
hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
		beat come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
		sledgehammer, sledge beat with a sledgehammer
		hammer, forge beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
hammer - create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
		forge
		hammer beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
		beat come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
		foliate grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
		dropforge forge with a dropforge; "drop-force the metal"

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Wiktionary

hammer (Noun)
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
hammer (Noun)
A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
hammer (Noun)
The malleus.
hammer (Noun)
In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
hammer (Noun)
A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
hammer (Noun)
The last rock in an end.
hammer (Noun)
A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
hammer (Verb)
To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
hammer (Verb)
To emphasize a point repeatedly.
hammer (Verb)
To hit particularly hard.
hammer (Verb)
To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
hammer (Verb)
To defeat a person, a team resoundingly.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

hammer (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.
hammer (n.)
Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer
hammer (n.)
That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
hammer (n.)
The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.
hammer (n.)
The malleus.
hammer (n.)
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
hammer (n.)
Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
hammer (v. t.)
To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.
hammer (v. t.)
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
hammer (v. t.)
To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
hammer (v. i.)
To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.
hammer (v. i.)
To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

hammer
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
hammer
A bone in the middle ear, in between the eardrum and the anvil.
hammer
The part of a firearm that hits the back of the bullet and sets it off, firing the gun.
hammer
To strike repeatedly with a hammer or some other implement.
hammer
To create and mold by hammering.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

hammer
ham′ėr, n. a tool for beating metal or driving nails: a striking-piece in the mechanism of a clock or piano: that part of the lock of a firearm which falls with a sharp blow and causes the discharge of the piece: the baton of an auctioneer, a knock from which signifies that an article is sold: a small bone of the ear, the malleus.—v.t. to drive, shape, or fashion with a hammer: to contrive by intellectual labour, to excogitate (with out): to declare (a person) a defaulter on the Stock Exchange: to beat down the price of (a stock), to depress (a market).—ns. Hamm′er-beam, a horizontal piece of timber in place of a tie-beam at or near the feet of a pair of rafters; Hamm′erhead, Hamm′er-fish, a rapacious fish of the shark family—from the shape of its head.—adj. Hamm′erheaded, with a head shaped like a hammer: dull in intellect, stupid.—n. Hamm′ering, a dented, appearance on silverware effected by successive blows of a hammer.—adj. Hamm′erless, without a hammer—of a gun.—n. Hamm′erman, a man who hammers, as a blacksmith, goldsmith, &c.—Hammer-and-tongs, with great noise and vigour, violently.—Bring to the hammer, to sell, or cause to sell, by auction; Up to the hammer, first-rate. [A.S. hamor; Ger. hammer, Ice. hamarr.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

hammer
The shipwright's hammer is a well-known tool for driving nails and clenching bolts, differing from hammers in general.
hammer
Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the priming; but now the cock itself, by its hammer action on the cap or other percussion priming, discharges the piece. Whether the hammer will be superseded by the needle remains to be determined.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

hammer
An instrument with an iron head, for driving nails, etc. The term is also applicable to that part of a gun-lock which strikes the percussion-cap or firing-pin.

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

hammer
A small, busy implement carried by blacksmiths, geologists and Knockers for breaking iron, rock or friendship.

Wikipedia

A hammer is a tool for putting nails into objects such as wood. It has a long handle, and a tip with a flat end for hitting nails. The most common type of hammer (sometimes called a "claw hammer") has a curved end (on the other side of the hitting end) for pulling nails out.

Sledgehammer.

A sledgehammer is a hammer that has a longer shaft, and a more massive head. That way more force can be applied. Sledgehammers are often used to demolish things

Hammers as weapons.

Hammers were sometimes used as weapons.
piano
A piano uses hammers - pieces of wood covered with felt - to hit the strings. The vibration of the string makes a sound.