hammer
n. tool with a hard solid head (used to beat, pound, drive nails, etc.) v. hit or strike with a hammer; forcefully persuade, argue strongly; defeat, beat (in competition, battle, etc.) | ||||
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Hammer Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Hammer Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Hammer
(v. t.)
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
(v. t.)
To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
(v. t.)
To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.
(v. i.)
To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
(v. i.)
To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.
(n.)
The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.
(n.)
The malleus.
(n.)
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
(n.)
That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
(n.)
Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer
(n.)
An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
(n.)
Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
(v. t.)
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
(v. t.)
To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
(v. t.)
To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.
(v. i.)
To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
(v. i.)
To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.
(n.)
The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.
(n.)
The malleus.
(n.)
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
(n.)
That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
(n.)
Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer
(n.)
An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.
(n.)
Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
| WordNet 2.0 |
hammer
Noun
1. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
(synonym) cock
(hypernym) striker
(part-holonym) gunlock, firing mechanism
2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
(hypernym) hand tool
(hyponym) ball-peen hammer
(part-meronym) hammerhead
(derivation) forge
3. an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible
(synonym) hammer throw
(hypernym) field event
4. the ossicle attached to the eardrum
(synonym) malleus
(hypernym) auditory ossicle
(part-holonym) middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum
5. a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
(hypernym) sports equipment, sporting goods
6. a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
(hypernym) striker
(part-holonym) piano action
7. a power tool for drilling rocks
(synonym) power hammer
(hypernym) power tool
(hyponym) air hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic hammer
8. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
(synonym) pound, hammering, pounding
(hypernym) blow
Verb
1. beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
(hypernym) beat
(hyponym) sledgehammer, sledge
(verb-group) forge
2. create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
(synonym) forge
(hypernym) beat
(hyponym) foliate
Noun
1. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
(synonym) cock
(hypernym) striker
(part-holonym) gunlock, firing mechanism
2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
(hypernym) hand tool
(hyponym) ball-peen hammer
(part-meronym) hammerhead
(derivation) forge
3. an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible
(synonym) hammer throw
(hypernym) field event
4. the ossicle attached to the eardrum
(synonym) malleus
(hypernym) auditory ossicle
(part-holonym) middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum
5. a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
(hypernym) sports equipment, sporting goods
6. a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
(hypernym) striker
(part-holonym) piano action
7. a power tool for drilling rocks
(synonym) power hammer
(hypernym) power tool
(hyponym) air hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic hammer
8. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
(synonym) pound, hammering, pounding
(hypernym) blow
Verb
1. beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
(hypernym) beat
(hyponym) sledgehammer, sledge
(verb-group) forge
2. create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
(synonym) forge
(hypernym) beat
(hyponym) foliate
| Australian Slang |
Hammer
1. heroin; 2. (ultimate frisbee) throw in which the disc is released upside-down from over the head; 3. (sport) beat by a large margin
1. heroin; 2. (ultimate frisbee) throw in which the disc is released upside-down from over the head; 3. (sport) beat by a large margin
Be on one's hammer
1. watch (someone) closely; badger; 2. tailgate (another's) vehicle: “I can't pull over, the bloke behind me is on me hammer”
Hammer and hit
shit; defecate
Hammer and tack
a zac, sixpence (obs.)
Hammer and tong
to go at full speed, giving everything you have got (eg. to go hammer and tong in a blue would to be fighting with every bit of strength and speed you have)
Hammer and tongs
1. with great noise; 2. vigour; 3. violence
| English Slang Dictionary v1.2 |
hammer
1. the penis
2. a thug
3. the accelerator
1. the penis
2. a thug
3. the accelerator
| hEnglish - advanced version |
hammer
hammer
\ham"mer\, n. (athletics) a spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled from a mark or ring. the weight of head and handle is usually not less than 16 pounds.
hammer
\ham"mer\ (?), n. [oe. hamer, as. hamer, hamor; akin to d. hamer, g. & dan. hammer, sw. hammare, icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to gr. &?; anvil, skr. a&?;man stone.]
1. an instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. with busy hammers closing rivets up.
2. something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer; as: (a) that part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour. (b) the padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones. (c) (anat.) the malleus. see under ear. (gun.) that part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. (e) also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, 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. h. newman.
similar words(31)
hammer nose
claw hammer coat
hammer in
wrench hammer
to bring to the hammer
raising hammer
yellow-hammer
gold-hammer
bush hammer
tack hammer
hammer-headed shark
atmospheric hammer
pick hammer
hammer out
flogging hammer
tilt hammer
stamp hammer
steam hammer
enlarging hammer
foot hammer
stone hammer
lift hammer
face hammer
dead-stroke hammer
cushioned hammer
nose hammer
drop hammer
water hammer
trip hammer
set hammer
claw hammer
hammer
\ham"mer\, n. (athletics) a spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled from a mark or ring. the weight of head and handle is usually not less than 16 pounds.
hammer
\ham"mer\ (?), n. [oe. hamer, as. hamer, hamor; akin to d. hamer, g. & dan. hammer, sw. hammare, icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to gr. &?; anvil, skr. a&?;man stone.]
1. an instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. with busy hammers closing rivets up.
2. something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer; as: (a) that part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour. (b) the padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones. (c) (anat.) the malleus. see under ear. (gun.) that part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. (e) also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, 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. h. newman.
similar words(31)
hammer nose
claw hammer coat
hammer in
wrench hammer
to bring to the hammer
raising hammer
yellow-hammer
gold-hammer
bush hammer
tack hammer
hammer-headed shark
atmospheric hammer
pick hammer
hammer out
flogging hammer
tilt hammer
stamp hammer
steam hammer
enlarging hammer
foot hammer
stone hammer
lift hammer
face hammer
dead-stroke hammer
cushioned hammer
nose hammer
drop hammer
water hammer
trip hammer
set hammer
claw hammer
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
hammer
casúr
casúr
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Mwrthwyl
Mwrthwyl = n. a hammer
Mwrthwyl = n. a hammer
Mwrthwylio
Mwrthwylio = v. to hammer
Penaur
Penaur = n. the yellow hammer
| Dream Dictionary |
Hammer
To dream of seeing a hammer, denotes you will have some discouraging obstacles to overcome in order to establish firmly your fortune.
To dream of seeing a hammer, denotes you will have some discouraging obstacles to overcome in order to establish firmly your fortune.
| The Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Arms and Armour Glossary |
Hammer (armourer's tool)
The predominant tool of the armourer . Similar in shape to the silversmithing hammers, armourer's hammers are normally 2-3 times heavier than a similar tool used to work silver. An even and accurate hammer stroke is necessary to the production of crisp interpretations. Modern armourers can acquire such tools through some blacksmithing supply houses or from European toolmakers such as Peddinghouse. Sometimes old hammers can be acquired, and modified if necessary to do the required task. A modern armourer will have from between 20 and 100 hammers that they use regularly, with most preferring 2 to 5 for most of the work and the rest serving specialized purposes. These are often bought from tool collectors or modifies to solve a particular problem. See Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry #6 .
The predominant tool of the armourer . Similar in shape to the silversmithing hammers, armourer's hammers are normally 2-3 times heavier than a similar tool used to work silver. An even and accurate hammer stroke is necessary to the production of crisp interpretations. Modern armourers can acquire such tools through some blacksmithing supply houses or from European toolmakers such as Peddinghouse. Sometimes old hammers can be acquired, and modified if necessary to do the required task. A modern armourer will have from between 20 and 100 hammers that they use regularly, with most preferring 2 to 5 for most of the work and the rest serving specialized purposes. These are often bought from tool collectors or modifies to solve a particular problem. See Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry #6 .
Hammer (warhammer), Martel, Horseman's Pick
A weapon consisting of a hammer head on one side and a spike on the other, sometimes mounted on a short handle for use in one hand and other times mounted on a short shaft for use in foot combats. Warhammers and poleaxes were popularly used in judicial duels or in combats associated with points of honor.
| Medieval Glossary |
hammer (warhammer, martel)
A weapon consisting of a hammer head on one side and a spike on the other, sometimes mounted on a short handle for use in one hand and other times mounted on a short shaft for use in foot combats. Warhammers and poleaxes were popularly used in judicial duels or in combats associated with points of honor.
A weapon consisting of a hammer head on one side and a spike on the other, sometimes mounted on a short handle for use in one hand and other times mounted on a short shaft for use in foot combats. Warhammers and poleaxes were popularly used in judicial duels or in combats associated with points of honor.
Hammer Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| International Relations and Security Acronyms |
HAMMER
Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations
Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations
| UK Post Codes and Counties |
Hammer
County: West Sussex
Post Code: GU27
County: West Sussex
Post Code: GU27
Hammer Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Mjolnir
Mjolnir (Icelandic) [from mjoll meal, flour from mala, mola to grind, crush, mill] Also Miolnir. The hammer of Thor, the Thunderer in Norse mythology, a gift to the god from the dwarfs Brock (mineral kingdom) and Sindri (vegetation), sons of Ivaldi, the lunar life cycle. It is at once the instrument of creation and destruction, being the emblem of marriage on one hand and the weapon whereby the giants (cycles of material life) are destroyed. It is the magic mill which creates all things -- gold, salt, happiness, peace, etc. -- as well as grinding up all substance and recycling it for future use in worlds to come. Blavatsky likens the hammer of Thor to the fire weapon agneyastra of the Hindu Puranas and Mahabharata (TG 215).
Mjolnir (Icelandic) [from mjoll meal, flour from mala, mola to grind, crush, mill] Also Miolnir. The hammer of Thor, the Thunderer in Norse mythology, a gift to the god from the dwarfs Brock (mineral kingdom) and Sindri (vegetation), sons of Ivaldi, the lunar life cycle. It is at once the instrument of creation and destruction, being the emblem of marriage on one hand and the weapon whereby the giants (cycles of material life) are destroyed. It is the magic mill which creates all things -- gold, salt, happiness, peace, etc. -- as well as grinding up all substance and recycling it for future use in worlds to come. Blavatsky likens the hammer of Thor to the fire weapon agneyastra of the Hindu Puranas and Mahabharata (TG 215).
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Hammer
(1.) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isa. 41:7) and by quarry-men (Jer. 23:29). Metaphorically of Babylon (Jer. 50:23) or Nebuchadnezzar. (2.) Heb. makabah, a stone-cutter's mallet (1 Kings 6:7), or of any workman (Judg. 4:21; Isa. 44:12). (3.) Heb. halmuth, a poetical word for a workman's hammer, found only in Judg. 5:26, where it denotes the mallet with which the pins of the tent of the nomad are driven into the ground. (4.) Heb. mappets, rendered "battle-axe" in Jer. 51:20. This was properly a "mace," which is thus described by Rawlinson: "The Assyrian mace was a short, thin weapon, and must either have been made of a very tough wood or (and this is more probable) of metal. It had an ornamented head, which was sometimes very beautifully modelled, and generally a strap or string at the lower end by which it could be grasped with greater firmness."
(1.) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isa. 41:7) and by quarry-men (Jer. 23:29). Metaphorically of Babylon (Jer. 50:23) or Nebuchadnezzar. (2.) Heb. makabah, a stone-cutter's mallet (1 Kings 6:7), or of any workman (Judg. 4:21; Isa. 44:12). (3.) Heb. halmuth, a poetical word for a workman's hammer, found only in Judg. 5:26, where it denotes the mallet with which the pins of the tent of the nomad are driven into the ground. (4.) Heb. mappets, rendered "battle-axe" in Jer. 51:20. This was properly a "mace," which is thus described by Rawlinson: "The Assyrian mace was a short, thin weapon, and must either have been made of a very tough wood or (and this is more probable) of metal. It had an ornamented head, which was sometimes very beautifully modelled, and generally a strap or string at the lower end by which it could be grasped with greater firmness."
Hammer Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
| CUVC Volleyball Glossary |
Hammer
A very, very hard attack which sends the ball into the floor in the manner of a nail into a plank of wood.
A very, very hard attack which sends the ball into the floor in the manner of a nail into a plank of wood.
Hammer Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Hammer
mah-vel (n.), mah-tor (v.)
mah-vel (n.), mah-tor (v.)
| TUPAC SHAKUR Rap Dictionary V.2.0 |
Hammer
See MC Hammer
See MC Hammer
| English - Klingon |
hammer
n. mupwIj
n. mupwIj
Hammer Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Hammer
A hammer is a tool meant to deliver blows to an object. The most common uses are for driving nails, fitting parts, and breaking up objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and vary widely in their shape and structure. Usual features are a handle and a head, with most of the weight in the head. The basic design is hand-operated, but there are also many mechanically operated models for heavier uses.
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