hammerhead
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- noun
- /ˈhæmərˌhɛd/
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- He was only able to lift the hammerhead's front end level with the gunwale.
Examples
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It turned out that a hammerhead was replaced after 36 hours of production.
Academic text (1998) -
Make sure all the adjusters which allowed you to bring, you know, work out exactly how far you needed the hammerhead away from the bell.
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They'd bring me in in goal line situations mostly, you know, the Hammerhead to punch it in.
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Hammerhead, Cobra.
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HAMMERHEAD WILL SMASH YOUR SKULL!
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HAMMERHEAD WILL BASH YOUR BRAINS!
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Put that spike on top, and even if you didn't hit their brain, the hammerhead and reverse spike would keep the zombie from running down the shaft at you, so you could effectively pin one against a tree or something while you comrade brains it for you.
Blog text (25) -
For the men, he had English ax heads, tenpenny nails, hammerheads, and belt buckles - mostly of horn, but one or two special ones of hard iron.
Fiction book (1994) -
He used the hammerhead of the hammer to drive the nail into the wood.
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The carpenter selected a sturdy hammerhead to ensure effective striking.
Compounds
- Specialized
A hammerhead shark with small eyes found in the western Atlantic, often fished for its liver
- Specialized
A large shark with a smooth, hammer-shaped head often fished for its liver and skin
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Etymology
Hammerhead is the heavy metal part of a hammer, the head we use to strike nails or other things, so the name simply tells you which part it is.