Hammer
noun'hæmər
Noun
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
“the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard”
Type of:Blowa power tool for drilling rocks
the ossicle attached to the eardrum
Similar:Malleusa light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
Similar:MalletType of:Drumstickthe part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
Similar:CockType of:Strikera hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
Type of:Striker
Verb
create by hammering
“hammer the silver into a bowl”
Similar:ForgeType of:Beatbeat with or as if with a hammer
“hammer the metal flat”
Type of:Beat
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