hammer

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.

   • Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.
   • Men shove statues off pedestals, and use hammers and drills to destroy what’s left.
2. 2

   The act of using a hammer to hit something.

   • The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.
3. 3

   The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.

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   1. 4

      In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.

      • The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings
   2. 5

      A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.

   3. 6

      The last stone in an end.

   4. 7

      A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown…

      A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.

   5. 8

      Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.

   6. 9

      One who, or that which, smites or shatters.

      • 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.
   7. 10

      Ellipsis of hammer headline.

      • Hammers are, in essence, reverse kickers. Instead of being set in smaller type like kickers, hammers are set in larger type than headlines.
   8. 11

      The accelerator pedal.

      • 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."
   9. 12

      A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

      • 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.
   10. 13

       A handgun.

       • 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.
   11. 14

       To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.

       • Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.
       • Fresleven - that was the fellow’s name, a Dane - thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick.
   12. 15

       To form or forge with a hammer

       To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.

       • hammered money
   13. 16

       To emphasize a point repeatedly.

   14. 17

       To hit particularly hard.

   15. 18

       To ride very fast.

       • Fifteen minutes later, leaving a vapour trail of kitchen smells, I hammered into Obterre.
       • Running at line-speed, well over 100mph, it hammers through Doncaster on its way south to London.
   16. 19

       To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.

       • I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
   17. 20

       To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.

       • We hammered them 5-0!
   18. 21

       To make high demands on (a system or service).

       • So we'll be hammering the server in an unrealistic manner, but we'll see how the additional clients affect overall performance. We'll add two, three, four, and then five clients, […]
   19. 22

       To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.

   20. 23

       To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).

   21. 24

       To have hard sex with.

       • A short time later I’ve got Lissie in bed. I’m really going after it, really hammering her.
   22. 25

       someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

   23. 26

       A surname.

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