| hammer | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cock, hammer | the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled. |
| ~ firing mechanism, gunlock | the action that ignites the charge in a firearm. |
| ~ striker | the part of a mechanical device that strikes something. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. hammer | a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking. |
| ~ ball-peen hammer | a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal. |
| ~ bricklayer's hammer | a hammer used in laying bricks. |
| ~ carpenter's hammer, claw hammer, clawhammer | a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails. |
| ~ hammerhead | the striking part of a hammer. |
| ~ hand tool | a tool used with workers' hands. |
| ~ head | the striking part of a tool.; "the head of the hammer" |
| ~ beetle, mallet | a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing. |
| ~ maul, sledgehammer, sledge | a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges. |
| ~ percussor, plessor, plexor | (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes. |
| ~ tack hammer | a light hammer that is used to drive tacks. |
| n. (body) | 3. hammer, malleus | the ossicle attached to the eardrum. |
| ~ auditory ossicle | ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear. |
| ~ middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum | the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. hammer, mallet | a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.. |
| ~ drumstick | a stick used for playing a drum. |
| ~ percussion instrument, percussive instrument | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. hammer | a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw. |
| ~ sports equipment | equipment needed to participate in a particular sport. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. hammer | a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate. |
| ~ piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed. |
| ~ striker | the part of a mechanical device that strikes something. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. hammer, power hammer | a power tool for drilling rocks. |
| ~ air hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic hammer | a hammer driven by compressed air. |
| ~ electric hammer | a hammer driven by electric motor. |
| ~ power tool | a tool driven by a motor. |
| ~ triphammer | a massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity. |
| n. (act) | 8. hammer, hammering, pound, pounding | the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows).; "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 9. hammer | beat with or as if with a hammer.; "hammer the metal flat" |
| ~ beat | hit repeatedly.; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" |
| ~ sledgehammer, sledge | beat with a sledgehammer. |
| ~ forge, hammer | create by hammering.; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" |
| v. (creation) | 10. forge, hammer | create by hammering.; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" |
| ~ hammer | beat with or as if with a hammer.; "hammer the metal flat" |
| ~ beat | shape by beating.; "beat swords into ploughshares" |
| ~ foliate | hammer into thin flat foils.; "foliate metal" |
| ~ dropforge | forge with a dropforge.; "drop-force the metal" |
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