Definitions for Hammer

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Hammer ham·mer

Spelling: [ham-er]

IPA: /ˈhæm ər/

Hammer is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in Hammer (aehmmr).

Definitions for Hammer

noun

1. a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
2. any of various instruments or devices resembling this in form, action, or use, as a gavel, a mallet for playing the xylophone, or a lever that strikes the bell in a doorbell.
3. Firearms. the part of a lock that by its fall or action causes the discharge, as by exploding the percussion cap or striking the primer or firing pin; the cock.
4. one of the padded levers by which the strings of a piano are struck.
5. Track. a metal ball, usually weighing 16 pounds (7.3 kg), attached to a steel wire at the end of which is a grip, for throwing for distance in the hammer throw.
6. Anatomy. the malleus.
7. Armand, 1898–1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.

Idioms

1. under the hammer, for sale at public auction:

verb (used with object)

1. to beat or drive (a nail, peg, etc.) with a hammer.
2. to fasten by using hammer and nails; nail (often followed by down, up, etc.):
3. to assemble or build with a hammer and nails (often followed by together):
4. to shape or ornament (metal or a metal object) by controlled and repeated blows of a hammer; beat out:
5. to form, construct, or make with or as if with a hammer; build by repeated, vigorous, or strenuous effort (often followed by out or together):
6. to produce with or by force (often followed by out):
7. to pound or hit forcefully:
8. to settle (a strong disagreement, argument, etc.); bring to an end, as by strenuous or repeated effort (usually followed by out):
9. to present (points in an argument, an idea, etc.) forcefully or compellingly; state strongly, aggressively, and effectively (often followed by home).
10. to impress (something) as if by hammer blows:
11. British. (in the London stock exchange) to dismiss (a person) from membership because of default. to depress the price of (a stock).

verb (used without object)

1. to strike blows with or as if with a hammer.
2. to make persistent or laborious attempts to finish or perfect something (sometimes followed by away):
3. to reiterate; emphasize by repetition (often followed by away):

Origin of Hammer

before 1000; Middle English hamer, Old English hamor; cognate with German Hammer hammer, Old Norse hamarr hammer, crag; orig. made of stone; probably akin to Russian kámen' stone

Examples for Hammer

The phrase means, “the nail that sticks out always gets hit by a hammer.”

I knew those fellows inside were bound to hammer it down if they could.

In this way, certain cognitive mechanisms can act like a hammer too eager for nails.

Next, the GOP should hammer away at how our roads, bridges, and tunnels are crumbling, and push for an infrastructure initiative.

When I was at your tent, there was a man with a hammer taking a lot of men out of the woods.

But again she lifted the hammer, and gave, this time, a single rap.

The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.

The man with the gun swore fearfully, but his comrade with the hammer was silent.

Another surveillance video, showing the perpetrator with hammer in hand, is here.

If we enter with hammer in hand, we may leave with merely dust and rubble on our faces.