hammer /hamˈər/

1. A tool for beating metal, breaking rock, driving nails, etc
2. A striking-piece in the mechanism of a clock, piano, etc
3. The apparatus that causes explosion of the charge in a firearm
4. The mallet with which an auctioneer announces that an article is sold
5. A small bone of the ear, the malleus
6. A metal ball weighing about 7kg, attached to a long handle of flexible wire, for throwing in competition (athletics)
7. A trouncer

1. To beat, drive, shape, or fashion with or as if with a hammer
2. To contrive or think out by intellectual labour (with out)
3. To arrive at (a conclusion) or settle (differences) after much argument (with out)
4. To trounce or criticize severely (informal)
5. To teach by frequent and energetic reiteration (with in or into)
6. To declare a defaulter on the Stock Exchange
7. To beat down the price of (a stock), to depress (a market)

1. To use a hammer
2. To make a noise as of a hammer
3. To persevere doggedly (with away)

hammˈered adjective

1. Beaten with a hammer
2. (of a musical instrument) played with hammers
3. Severely beaten (informal)
4. Drunk (slang)

hammˈerer noun

hammˈering noun and adjective

hammˈerless adjective

hammer beam noun

A horizontal piece of timber in place of a tie-beam at or near the feet of a pair of rafters

hammˈer-brace noun

A curved brace supporting a hammer beam

hammer drill noun

A drill in which the drill bit strikes rapid blows while boring

hammˈerhead noun

1. A shark with a hammer-shaped head (also hammˈer-fish and hammer-headed shark)
2. The umbrette, a crested thick-billed African wading bird (also (Dutch) hammˈerkop)

hammˈer-headed adjective

1. With a head shaped like a hammer
2. Dull in intellect, stupid

hammˈerlock noun (wrestling)

A hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted upwards behind his or her back

hammˈerman noun

Someone who wields a hammer, such as a blacksmith, goldsmith, etc

hammˈer-pond noun

An artificial pond at a water mill

hammˈer-toe noun

A condition in which a toe is permanently bent upwards at the base and doubled down upon itself

bring to the hammer

To sell, or cause to sell, by auction

(come) under the hammer

(come up) for sale by auction

give (or take) a hammering (informal)

To beat (or be beaten) severely, to defeat (or be defeated) comprehensively

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