Definition of "hammer"
- noun
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
The malleus.
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.
The last rock in an end.
A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
- verb
To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
To emphasize a point repeatedly.
To hit particularly hard.
To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
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