hammer
ha mer
- n the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- n a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- n the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- n a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
- n a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- n a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- n a power tool for drilling rocks
- n the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard - v beat with or as if with a hammer
hammer the metal flat - v create by hammering
hammer the silver into a bowl
- Olympic medals were given out on the basis of good genes, then Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi would walk away with the gold right now.
- At Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, surgeons who needed to chisel and cut bones were last week using for their operations a pneumatic hammer adapted by a young surgeon .