hammer

B1
Pronunciation
/ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)/
/ˈhæmɚ/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together
2 Definition

The act of using a hammer to hit something}}

Example Sentences
  • The nail is too loose - give it a hammer.
3 Definition

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

4 Definition

The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.

5 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings
6 Definition

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

7 Definition

The last stone in an end.

8 Definition

(frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.

9 Definition

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

10 Definition

One who, or that which, smites or shatters.

Example Sentences
  • St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.
2 Definition

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

3 Definition

To emphasize a point repeatedly.

4 Definition

To hit particularly hard.

5 Definition

To ride very fast.

6 Definition

To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.

Example Sentences
  • I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
7 Definition

To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly

Example Sentences
  • We hammered them 5-0!
8 Definition

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

9 Definition

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

10 Definition

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

11 Definition

To have hard sex with

Synonyms
pound
Example Sentences
  • Daniel hammered Mary til he came.