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Hammer   /hˈæmər/   Listen
Hammer

noun
1.
The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled.  Synonym: cock.
2.
A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking.
3.
The ossicle attached to the eardrum.  Synonym: malleus.
4.
A light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc..  Synonym: mallet.
5.
A heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw.
6.
A striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate.
7.
A power tool for drilling rocks.  Synonym: power hammer.
8.
The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows).  Synonyms: hammering, pound, pounding.  "The pounding of feet on the hallway"
verb
(past & past part. hammered; pres. part. hammering)
1.
Beat with or as if with a hammer.
2.
Create by hammering.  Synonym: forge.  "Forge a pair of tongues"



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"Hammer" Quotes from Famous Books



... you here, I can't understand it," he said. "But I get thinking—I get thinking, and my heart begins to hammer, and I lie awake nights, and I'd like to get up and ...
— The Story Of Julia Page - Works of Kathleen Norris, Volume V. • Kathleen Norris
... expression of the same sturdy independence which to this day distinguishes the descendants of the Northmen. Indeed nothing could be more characteristic of the Scandinavian mythology, than that it had a god with a hammer. A man's character is seen in small matters; and from even so slight a test as the mode in which a man wields a hammer, his energy may in some measure be inferred. Thus an eminent Frenchman hit off in a single phrase the characteristic quality of the inhabitants of a particular district, ...
— Self Help • Samuel Smiles
... dream!" asked the smith eagerly, grasping the handle of his heavy hammer firmly, and setting his ...
— The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) • Henry William Herbert
... Mr. Stockden was all payd for his wood 40s. I gave the scholemaster Mr. Lee 5s. in part of wagis: he browght me my hammer from Mr. Jak, so he hath a quarter's wagis 10s. July 8th, I receyved Sir Edward Kelly his letters, dated at Prage the 24th of May stylo novo. No mention is made of his brother Mr. Thomas Kelly coming over. ...
— The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee - And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts • John Dee
... too," added Charlie. "I mean you can pull the trigger and the hammer will snap down. Course we only ...
— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods • Laura Lee Hope


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