hammer

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[edit] English

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A hammer (tool).

[edit] Etymology

Middle English hamer, Old English hamor, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (compare Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Swedish hammare), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱmoros (compare Sanskrit aśmará 'stony'), from *h₂ékmōn 'stone' (compare Lithuanian akmuõ, Russian камень (kamen'), Serbo-Croatian kamēn, Albanian kmesë 'sickle', Ancient Greek ἄκμων (akmōn) 'meteor rock, anvil', Avestan ... (asman), Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman)), from *h₂éḱ- 'sharp'. More at edge.

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[edit] Noun

hammer (plural hammers)

  1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
  2. A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
  3. (anatomy) The malleus.
  4. (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
  5. (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
  6. (curling) The last rock in an end.
  7. (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)

[edit] Translations

tool
part of a firearm
malleus
See also malleus
piano part
frisbee throwing style
curling: last rock in an end

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[edit] Verb

hammer (third-person singular simple present hammers, present participle hammering, simple past and past participle hammered)

  1. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
  2. (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
  3. (sports) To hit particularly hard.
    • 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, BBC:
      This time the defender was teed up by Andrew Johnson's short free-kick on the edge of the box and Baird hammered his low drive beyond Begovic's outstretched left arm and into the bottom corner, doubling his goal tally for the season and stunning the home crowd.
  4. To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
    I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
  5. (figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly
    We hammered them 5-0!

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from hammer (verb)

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[edit] Translations

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
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[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ek-mon- (“stone”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hamər/, [ˈhɑmɐ]

[edit] Noun

hammer c. (singular definite hammeren, plural indefinite hammere or hamre)

  1. hammer

[edit] Inflection

    Inflection of hammer
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative hammer hammeren hammere
hamre		 hammerne
hamrene
genitive hammers hammerens hammeres
hamres		 hammernes
hamrenes

[edit] Norwegian Bokmål

[edit] Noun

hammer m.

  1. hammer

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

hammer

  1. hammer
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