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Found 3 items, similar to hammer.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: hammer palu
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hammer hammer n 1: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled [syn: cock] 2: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking 3: an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible [syn: hammer throw] 4: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: malleus] 5: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw 6: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate 7: a power tool for drilling rocks [syn: power hammer] 8: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); “the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard”; “the pounding of feet on the hallway” [syn: pound, hammering, pounding] hammer v 1: beat with or as if with a hammer; “hammer the metal flat” 2: create by hammering; “hammer the silver into a bowl”; “forge a pair of tongues” [syn: forge]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hammer Hammer \Ham"mer\ (h[a^]m"m[~e]r), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. 'a`kmwn anvil, Skr. a[,c]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. [1913 Webster] With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Something which in form or action resembles the common hammer; as: (a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour. (b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones. (c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under Ear. (d) (Gun.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. (e) Also, a person or thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies. [1913 Webster] He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the “massive iron hammers” of the whole earth. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] 3. (Athletics) A spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled from a mark or ring. The weight of head and handle is usually not less than 16 pounds. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Atmospheric hammer, a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring is formed by confined air. Drop hammer, Face hammer, etc. See under Drop, Face, etc. Hammer fish. See Hammerhead. Hammer hardening, the process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold. Hammer shell (Zo["o]l.), any species of Malleus, a genus of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also hammer oyster. To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction. [1913 Webster] Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hammered (-m[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hammering.] 1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. “Hammered money.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out. [1913 Webster] Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry. [1913 Webster] Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. i. 1. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer. [1913 Webster] Whereon this month I have been hammering. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively. [1913 Webster] Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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