hammer

Definitions of hammer in various dictionaries:

noun - the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

noun - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle

noun - the ossicle attached to the eardrum

noun - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

noun - a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire

noun - a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

noun - a power tool for drilling rocks

noun - the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

verb - beat with or as if with a hammer

verb - create by hammering

A hand tool used to exert an impulsive force by striking, consisting of a handle with a perpendicularly attached head made of a relatively heavy, rigid material.

The part of a gunlock that hits the primer or firing pin or explodes the percussion cap and causes the gun to fire.

One of the padded wooden pieces of a piano that strikes the strings.

A part of an apparatus that strikes a gong or bell, as in a clock.

A metal ball weighing 16 pounds (7.

A small mallet used by auctioneers.

To hit, especially repeatedly, with or as if with a hammer; pound.

To beat into a shape with or as if with a hammer: hammered out the dents in the fender; hammered out a contract acceptable to both sides.

To put together, fasten, or seal, particularly with nails, by hammering.

To force upon by constant repetition: hammered the information into the students’ heads.

To deal repeated blows with or as if with a hammer; pummel: “Wind hammered at us violently in gusts” (Thor Heyerdahl).

To undergo beating in the manner of a hammer: My pulse hammered.

To keep at something continuously: hammered away at the problem.

verb - to strike repeatedly

HAMMER - A hammer is a tool or device that delivers a blow (a sudden impact) to an object. Most hammers are hand tools used to drive nails, fit parts, forge m...