hammer
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Old English hamor < Proto-Germanic *hamara-. Cognate with Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Swedish hammare.
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hammer (plural hammers)
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- (anatomy) The malleus.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (curling) The last rock in an end.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
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terms derived from hammer (noun)
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tool
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part of a firearm
piano part
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to hammer (third-person singular simple present hammers, present participle hammering, simple past and past participle hammered)
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (sports) To hit particularly hard.
- To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
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terms derived from hammer (verb)
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to strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc
(figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly
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(sports) To hit particularly hard
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to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer
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- Breton: morzholat
- Interlingua: martellar
- Italian: martellare
- Persian: جکش
- Portuguese: martelar
- Swedish: hamra
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From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ek-mon- (“‘stone’”).
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- IPA: /hamər/, [ˈhɑmɐ]
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hammer c. (singular definite hammeren, plural indefinite hammere or hamre)
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Inflection of “hammer”
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hammer m.
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hammer