hammers
noun
- 1
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
“Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together”
- 2
The act of using a hammer to hit something}}
“The nail is too loose - give it a hammer.”
- 3
A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- 4
The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- 5
In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
“The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings”
- 6
A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- 7
The last stone in an end.
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(frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
- 9
Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- 10
One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
“St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.”
verb
- 1
To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
“Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.”
- 2
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- 3
To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- 4
To hit particularly hard.
- 5
To ride very fast.
- 6
To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
“I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.”
- 7
To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly
“We hammered them 5-0!”
- 8
To make high demands on (a system or service).
- 9
To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- 10
To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- 11
To have hard sex with
“Daniel hammered Mary til he came.”
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