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hammer
has definitions from the fields of arms,sport,games,anatomy,zoology
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[ verb ] beat with or as if with a hammer
Examples "hammer the metal flat" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Gaines hammered the ball over the left fence for the third Indianapolis run in the ninth . In the third Frank_Robinson hammered a long home_run deep into the corner of the bleachers in right center , about 400 feet away , with two men on . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Likewise the ivory Chinese female figure known as a `` doctor lady '' ( provenance Honan ) ; a friend of mine removing her from the curio cabinet for inspection was felled as if by a hammer , but he had previously drunk a quantity of applejack . |
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[ noun ] a power tool for drilling rocks
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[ noun ] a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the ossicle attached to the eardrum
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[ noun ] (sport) an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1831
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[ noun ] (sport,games) a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
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