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Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hammer

Pronunciation:/ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)//ˈhæmɚ/

noun

Definitions

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

    Example: Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together

  2. The act of using a hammer to hit something}}

    Example: The nail is too loose - give it a hammer.

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

  4. The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.

verb

Definitions

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

    Example: Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.

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

  3. To emphasize a point repeatedly.

  4. To hit particularly hard.