hammer
v.
hit or strike with a hammer; forcefully persuade, argue strongly; defeat, beat (in competition, battle, etc.)
Hammered
hammered
Adjective
1. shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks; "a bowl of hammered brass"
(participle) forge, hammer
hammer
Noun
1. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
(synonym) cock
(hypernym) striker
(part-holonym) gunlock, firing mechanism
2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
(hypernym) hand tool
(hyponym) ball-peen hammer
(part-meronym) hammerhead
(derivation) forge
3. an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible
(synonym) hammer throw
(hypernym) field event
4. the ossicle attached to the eardrum
(synonym) malleus
(hypernym) auditory ossicle
(part-holonym) middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum
5. a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
(hypernym) sports equipment, sporting goods
6. a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
(hypernym) striker
(part-holonym) piano action
7. a power tool for drilling rocks
(synonym) power hammer
(hypernym) power tool
(hyponym) air hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic 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"
(synonym) pound, hammering, pounding
(hypernym) blow
Verb
1. beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
(hypernym) beat
(hyponym) sledgehammer, sledge
(verb-group) forge
2. create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
(synonym) forge
(hypernym) beat
(hyponym) foliate
Hammered
(imp. & p. p.)
of Hammer
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe