hammer
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈhæmər/
- Specialized
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martillo
- Shot- put, javelin, hammer throw.
- hammer throw
- hammer and discus
Yes, we're selling them Javelins, but if Russian tanks roll into Kiev, we will upgrade to shot put and discus, maybe hammer throw.
- Yes, we're selling them Javelins, but if Russian tanks roll into Kiev, we will upgrade to shot put and discus, maybe hammer throw.
Examples
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♪ If you want to throw the hammer For your country ♪ ♪ You have to stay inside the circle All the time ♪
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Hammer throw.
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A story is told of a photographer who backed his way into a hammer throw event while shooting in the other direction.
Academic text (2006) -
The men's team has broken records in the Hammer Throw and Pole Vault, and has
Blog text (4) -
All I remember is one of the hammer throwers at Barkerville on Dominion Day said he was from Vanderhoof.
Blog text (21) -
Roser, who was a member of the men's soccer team at Wheaton, was volunteering at the track meet when he was accidentally struck by a hammer during a hammer throw event around 4:15 p.m.
Academic text (2017) -
The athlete trained tirelessly to perfect his technique for the hammer throw competition.
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She won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the Olympics last summer.
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During the track meet, the crowd cheered loudly as he prepared to throw the hammer.
Idioms
To have to choose between two equally bad options while people on both sides pressure you
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.3
A hammer with one flat face and one rounded end used to shape metal and drive rivets
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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
Surface Forms
Etymology
The sport hammer is named after the heavy tool because the thing thrown looks and acts like a heavy hammer you swing, and long ago people threw heavy weights or actual hammers. So the name tells you it is a heavy object you swing and throw.