hammer
Definitions
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
- A surname.
- hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- malleus
- The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- auction house
- In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- first-person singular present indicative of martillar
- The last stone in an end.
- A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
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Ellipsis of hammer headline. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- The accelerator pedal.
- A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- A handgun.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of hammer.
Equivalents
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አማርኛመዶሻ
Azərbaycan diliçəkic
Беларускаямолат
বাংলাহাতুড়ি
Esperantomartelo
Euskaramailu
فارسیچکش
Suomihakatahanaiskuvasarajankuttaamoukarimoukaroidamurskaajamurskatatakoatykittäävasaravasaraluuvasaroida
ગુજરાતીહથોડો
עבריתפטיש
Հայերենմուրճ
Íslenskahamar
ភាសាខ្មែរញញួរ
Lietuviųkūjis
Te Reo Māorihama
മലയാളംചുറ്റിക
Монголалх
मराठीहातोडा
Maltimartell
မြန်မာတူ
नेपालीठोक्नु
Românăciocan
Ikinyarwandainyundo
සිංහලමිටිය
Slovenčinakladivo
Gagana Samoasamala
ChiShonanyundo
Kiswahilinyundo
தமிழ்சுத்தியல்
తెలుగుసుత్తి
Тоҷикӣчакуш
ትግርኛማርተሎ
ئۇيغۇرچەبولقا
Yorùbáolú
isiZuluisando
Examples
“Bobby used a hammer⟳ and nails to fix⟳ the two planks together”
“The nail is too loose—give⟳ it a hammer⟳.”
“The sound⟳ the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings”
“St. Augustine was the hammer⟳ of heresies.”
“He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the massive iron⟳ hammers of the whole earth.”
“Hammers are, in essence, reverse kickers. Instead of being set⟳ in smaller type⟳ like⟳ kickers, hammers are set⟳ in larger type⟳ than headlines.”
“We is headin' for bear⟳ on I-one-oh 'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town. I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck And I'm about to put⟳ the hammer⟳ down."”
“But the Englishman was close⟳ to him—so close⟳ that his hand reached the leveled barrel a fraction of a second before the hammer⟳ fell upon the cartridge, and the bullet that was intended for Tarzan’s heart whirred harmlessly above his head.”
“Nonstop hammer⟳ cock, violent mannered shots land⟳ a lot”
“In the course of a single month this year, the following news reports emanated from Florida: A gun enthusiast in Tampa built a 55-foot backyard pool shaped like⟳ a revolver, with a hot tub in the hammer⟳.”
“Another one of my peoples came to me with a plan⟳. "Yo, man, I need⟳ to get⟳ some money. I need⟳ to borrow that hammer⟳." So I gave him my nickel-plated .357 with a wooden handle⟳, and off he went to stand⟳ by the weed spot.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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