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Type Words
Synonyms power hammer
Type of power tool
Has types electric hammer, air hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic hammer, triphammer
Type Words
Synonyms hammering, pound, pounding
Type of blow


the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard.
Type Words
Synonyms malleus
Type of auditory ossicle
Type Words
Synonyms mallet
Type of drumstick
Type Words
Synonyms cock
Type of striker
Type Words
Synonyms forge
Type of beat
Has types foliate, dropforge


hammer the silver into a bowl.
Type Words
Type of hand tool
Has types plexor, plessor, beetle, bricklayer's hammer, carpenter's hammer, claw hammer, clawhammer, percussor, tack hammer, sledgehammer, sledge, ball-peen hammer, mallet, maul
Type Words
Type of sports equipment
Type Words
Type of striker
Type Words
Type of beat
Has types sledge, sledgehammer
Verb group forge
Derivation hammering


hammer the metal flat.

Examples of hammer

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Each hammer pounds independently, an average of 1,500 times per minute, he said.
From the suntimes.com
Around three million Britons have hammer toes, which can make walking difficult.
From the dailymail.co.uk
I certainly wouldn't advise that as a way of getting your hammer into your hand.
From the guardian.co.uk
The couple began to argue, and she struck him with a hammer, the complaint says.
From the jsonline.com
It depicts a suit-wearing, two-headed man taking a hammer to the word DEMOCRACY.
From the time.com
That, of course, would hammer per-car profits, especially for the Detroit Three.
From the businessweek.com
Working from the interior, use a hammer and a pry bar to remove the window trim.
From the post-gazette.com
Hammer fell after two racers clipped wheels in front of her and caused a pileup.
From the washingtontimes.com
Just because we have these tools, do we need to yammer and hammer unrelentingly?
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
  • Beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
  • A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
  • Forge: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
  • Malleus: the ossicle attached to the eardrum
  • Mallet: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
  • A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses are for driving nails, fitting parts, forging metal and breaking up objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and vary widely in their shape and structure. ...
  • HAMMER is a high-availability 64-bit file system developed by Matthew Dillon for DragonFly BSD using B-trees. Its major features include infinite NFS-exportable snapshots, master-multislave operation, configurable history retention and fsckless-mount. ...
  • Hammer is the third Album by Afrob released in February 2005 by Four Music. It is produced by many famous Producers like Needlz, Jaz-O and Waajeed.