hammer

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Synonyms: hummer, yammer, hamper, mammer, shammer, gammer, jammer, rammer, hemmer, hammed, dammer

Antonyms: hummer, yammer, hamper, mammer, shammer, gammer, jammer, rammer, hemmer, hammed, dammer

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|tool}} A [[tool]] with a heavy [[head]] and a [[handle]] used for [[pounding]].
2. The act of using a hammer to hit something.
3. {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[malleus]], a small bone of the [[middle ear]].
4. {{senseid|en|music}} {{lb|en|music}} In a [[piano]] or [[dulcimer]], a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
5. {{lb|en|sports}} A device made of a [[heavy]] steel [[ball]] attached to a length of [[wire]], and used for [[throw]]ing.
6. {{lb|en|curling}} The last [[stone]] in an [[end]].
7. {{lb|en|frisbee}} A frisbee [[throw]] in which the [[disc]] is held upside-down with a [[forehand]] grip and thrown forwards above the head.
8. Part of a [[clock]] that strikes upon a [[bell]] to indicate the [[hour]].
9. One who, or that which, [[smite]]s or [[shatter]]s.
10. {{lb|en|journalism}} {{ellipsis of|en|hammer headline}}.
11. {{lb|en|motor racing}} The [[accelerator]] pedal.
12. {{senseid|en|firearms}} {{lb|en|firearms}} A moving part of a [[firearm]] that strikes the [[firing pin]] to discharge a gun.

Verb

1. To [[strike]] [[repeatedly]] with a [[#Noun|hammer]], some other [[implement]], the [[fist]], etc.
2. To [[form]] or [[forge]] with a [[#Noun|hammer]]; to [[shape]] by [[beat]]ing.
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} To [[emphasize]] a [[point]] [[repeatedly]].
4. {{lb|en|sports|etc.}} To [[hit]] particularly [[hard]].
5. {{lb|en|cycling|intransitive|slang}} To [[ride]] very [[fast]].
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[strike]] [[internally]], as if [[hit]] by a [[#Noun|hammer]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|figuratively|sports}} To [[defeat]] (a person, a team) [[resoundingly]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|computing}} To make [[high]] [[demand]]s on (a [[system]] or [[service]]).
9. {{lb|en|transitive|finance}} To [[declare]] (a person) a [[defaulter]] on the [[stock exchange]].
10. {{lb|en|transitive|finance}} To [[beat down]] the [[price]] of (a [[stock]]), or [[depress]] (a [[market]]).
11. {{lb|en|sex|transitive|colloquial}} To [[have sex|have]] [[hard]] [[have sex|sex]] with.
12. {{lb|en|cooking}} To [[overcook]] (something).

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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