Definitions for triphammer

triphammer trip·ham·mer

Spelling: [trip-ham-er]
IPA: /ˈtrɪpˌhæm ər/

Triphammer is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 491 anagrams from letters in triphammer (aehimmprrt).

Definitions for triphammer

noun

  1. Machinery. a heavy hammer raised and then let fall by means of some tripping device, as a cam.

adjective

  1. of, resembling, or characteristic of the repetitive and forceful pounding of a triphammer:

Origin of triphammer

An Americanism dating back to 1775-85; trip1 + hammer

Examples for triphammer

Its underside buckled from triphammer contact with rock slides and a few larger logs.

But I could have as soon succeeded in pulling it from beneath a triphammer.

Frank's heart was beating like a triphammer and his nerves were at a fearful tension.

Her heart was beating like a triphammer,—she felt strangely weak in the knees.

Then he stood upon it, his heart pounding like a triphammer.

The fiddler twisted and turned, but his head went like a triphammer on the seat.

The last crack of a triphammer, peckering at a giant pile of iron down the112 block, dies out on the dead air.

It sounds like a triphammer against a steel plate, and closer and closer come the metallic crashes.

The last crack of a triphammer, peckering at a giant pile of iron down the block, dies out on the dead air.

The lad's heart beat like a triphammer as he entered the tavern once more.

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