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Meaning of hammer

1. (n) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

2. (n) a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

3. (n) a power tool for drilling rocks

4. (n) a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

5. (n) the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

6. (n) a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

7. (n) the ossicle attached to the eardrum

8. (n) an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible

9. (v) beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"

10. (v) create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"

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