hammer
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈhæmər/
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- And then also things you're going to get are some buckets, a hammer, nails, and a drill.
- hammer and nails
- use a hammer
- claw hammer
And he drops a hammer into the rubble below.
- And he drops a hammer into the rubble below.
- Chris, if it doesn't go in with Alan Key or Hammer, then that's it.
- Fully grown man alone started banging a hammer on the floor outside my house.
- I mean, I'm often thinking that you, you buy a hammer to fix things.
- And that is this get out alive escape hammer for your car.
- Now think of Thor, God of Thunder and might, with hammer in hand.
Examples
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Go get me a hammer and nails right now.
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Brought home a hammer and nails.
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Why do you have a hammer next to your bed?
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Today I come to you with my hammer in hand.
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I got a big hammer.
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And there was a saw and a hammer lined up on her floor.
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The steady beat of her husband's hammer once seemed like music to her.
Fiction book (1992) -
Nothing a hammer and a little metal polish can't fix.
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The bearded man looked away from the hammer toward the distant road.
Fiction book (1992) -
He used the hammer to hang a picture on the wall.
Synonyms
35
3.9
A large heavy tool with a long handle used to break stone or drive stakes
24
4.9
A heavy tool that breaks concrete and other hard surfaces
21
7.5
A large heavy hammer with a long handle used to split logs or drive wedges
10
4.2
A tool with a large wooden head used for hitting without damage
3
2.9
A tool like a hammer with a curved end used to pull nails
3
6.8
A heavy hammer with a long handle used to hit stakes or wedges
1
3.5
A hammer with a split curved end used to pull nails
1
9.5
A stone early people used to hit and shape other stones into tools
1
5.0
A tool that runs on air to give strong, fast blows to metal
1
9.8
A very large heavy hammer that a machine lifts and drops to shape hot metal
A hammer with a flat face and a chisel blade used to cut and set bricks
A small light hammer used to drive small nails into wood
A heavy tool that uses air to break concrete or rock
A tool with an electric motor that drives nails or breaks hard things
A machine that uses air or electricity to hit metal and rock repeatedly
A large machine that shapes metal by dropping a heavy weight onto it
A heavy machine that uses diesel to drive long metal posts deep into the ground for foundations
A heavy machine that drives long posts or beams into the ground
A machine that uses strong shaking to push or pull long metal posts into the ground
Idioms
To have to choose between two equally bad options while people on both sides pressure you
Compounds
- Specialized
3
6.3
A hammer with one flat face and one rounded end used to shape metal and drive rivets
1
4.7
A track and field event where an athlete throws a heavy metal ball attached to a wire for distance
- Specialized
A heavy machine that uses diesel to drive long metal posts deep into the ground for foundations
- Specialized
A heavy construction machine that uses a diesel engine to drive piles into the ground
- UK
A tool with an axe blade on one side and a hammer on the other for fighting or work
- Archaic
A weapon with a hammer head on one side and an axe blade on the other for fighting
- Specialized
An enlarged red nose with visible blood vessels that often comes from heavy drinking
- Specialized
A machine that uses air or electricity to hit metal and rock repeatedly
- Specialized
A machine that uses strong shaking to push or pull long metal posts into the ground
- Specialized
A construction machine that uses strong, fast shaking to push or pull long posts into the ground
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hammer comes from an old German word hamar meaning 'stone' or 'rock', because the first hammers were simple stones used to hit things. That's why a hammer today is a tool with a heavy head for striking nails or rocks.