Hammer - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum (syn: malleus)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. (syn: mallet)
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) (syn: hammering, pound, pounding)
verb
Extra examples
He hammered the dent out of the fender.
The carpenters were hammering all afternoon.
The workers are hammering the studs to the frame.
The batter hammered the ball over the fence.
Someone tried to hammer him over the head with a club.
Many towns were hammered by the hurricane.
The typist's fingers were hammering the keys.
He was hammering at the door.
The rain hammered down on the roof.
The home team was hammered 9–0.
He dropped the hammer and left off.
I could almost feel my heart hammering in my throat.
I hammered away at my writings again.
Hammer the nails into the back of the frame.
All afternoon, Martin had been hammering away in the conservatory.
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: hammer
he/she/it: hammers
present participle: hammering
past tense: hammered
past participle: hammered
singular: hammer
plural: hammers
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