Definitions of hammer [ˈhæm ər]

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Definition of 'hammer'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hammer
a tool consisting of a solid head, usu. of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for driving nails, beating metals, etc.

2.  hammer
any of various instruments or devices resembling this in form, action, or use, as a gavel, a mallet for playing the xylophone, or one of the padded levers by which the strings of a piano are struck.

3.  hammer
the part of a lock of a firearm that strikes the primer or firing pin, explodes the percussion cap, etc., and causes the discharge; cock.

4.  hammer
a metal ball, usu. weighing 16 lb. (7.3 kg), attached to a steel wire at the end of which is a grip, for throwing in the hammer throw.

5. (v.t.) hammer
to beat or drive (a nail, peg, etc.) with a hammer.

6.  hammer
to fasten by using hammer and nails; nail (often fol. by down, up, etc.).

7.  hammer
to assemble or build with a hammer and nails (often fol. by together).

8.  hammer
to beat out:
to hammer brass.

9.  hammer
to form or construct by repeated, vigorous, or strenuous effort (often fol. by out or together):
to hammer out an agreement.

10.  hammer
to pound or hit forcefully (often fol. by out):
to hammer out a tune on the piano.

11.  hammer
to settle or resolve, as by strenuous or repeated effort (usu. fol. by out):
They hammered out their differences at last.

12.  hammer
to present (points in an argument, an idea, etc.) forcefully or compellingly:
hammering home the need for action.

13.  hammer
to impress (something) as if by hammer blows:
to hammer rules into someone's head.

14. (v.i.) hammer
to strike blows with or as if with a hammer.

15.  hammer
to make persistent or laborious attempts to finish or perfect something (sometimes fol. by away):
She hammered away at her speech for days.

16.  hammer
to reiterate; emphasize by repetition (often fol. by away).

17.  hammer
under the hammer, for sale at public auction.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME hamer, OE hamor, c. OS hamur, OHG hamar hammer, ON hamarr hammer, crag)

Definition of 'hammer'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hammer, cock
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

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

3. (noun) malleus, hammer
the ossicle attached to the eardrum

4. (noun) mallet, hammer
a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

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

6. (noun) hammer
a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

7. (noun) hammer, power hammer
a power tool for drilling rocks

8. (verb) hammer, pound, hammering, 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"

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

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

Definition of 'hammer'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) hammer
a tool for banging nails in

2. (verb) hammer
to push nails in using a hammer
to hammer a nail into sth; I could hear him hammering.

Definition of 'hammer'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hammer
an instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle

2. (noun) hammer
something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer

3. (noun) hammer
that part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour

4. (noun) hammer
the padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones

5. (noun) hammer
the malleus

6. (noun) hammer
that part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming

7. (noun) hammer
also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies

8. (verb) hammer
to beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron

9. (verb) hammer
to form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating

10. (verb) hammer
to form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out

11. (verb) hammer
to be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer

12. (verb) hammer
to strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively

Definitions of 'hammer'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. hammer
German Orientalist and historian, born at Grätz; author of a "History of the Ottoman Empire" (1774-1856).

Definitions of 'hammer'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. hammer
Commonwealth hackish syn. for bang on.

Translation of 'hammer'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc a joiner's hammer.
Afrikaans: hamer	Arabic: مِطْرَقَه	Bulgarian: чук
Brazilian: martelo	Czech: kladivo	German: der Hammer
Danish: hammer	Greek: σφυρί	Spanish: martillo
Estonian: haamer	Farsi: چكش	Finnish: vasara
French: marteau	Hebrew: פַּטִיש	Hindi: हथौड़ा
Croatian: cekic	Hungarian: kalapács	Indonesian: palu
Icelandic: hamar	Italian: martello	Japanese: 金づち
Korean: 망치	Lithuanian: plaktukas, kūjis	Latvian: āmurs
Malay: penukul	Dutch: hamer	Norwegian: hammer
Polish: młot(ek)	Persian: چكش	Pashto: څټك ، چټك ، سټك
Portuguese: martelo	Romanian: ciocan	Russian: молоток
Slovak: kladivo	Slovenian: kladivo	Serbian: čekić
Swedish: hammare	Thai: ฆ้อน	Turkish: çekiç
Taiwanese: 榔頭, 錘子	Ukrainian: молоток	Urdu: ہتھوڑا
Vietnamese: cái búa	Chinese: 榔头，锤子
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