Hammer Meaning

There are 10 meaning(s) for word Hammer

Meaning 1 : a power tool for drilling rocks

    Synonyms : power hammer
Meaning 2 : the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

    Example : the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard

    Synonyms : hammering,  pound,  pounding
Meaning 3 : the ossicle attached to the eardrum

    Synonyms : malleus
Meaning 4 : a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

    Synonyms : mallet
Meaning 5 : the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

    Synonyms : cock
Meaning 6 : create by hammering

    Example : hammer the silver into a bowl

    Synonyms : forge
Meaning 7 : a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

Meaning 8 : a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

Meaning 9 : a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

Meaning 10 : beat with or as if with a hammer

    Example : hammer the metal flat


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