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hammer

noun
  1. the act of pounding, particularly delivering repeated heavy blows
    “The sudden hammer of fists caught them off guard.”
    poundhammeringpounding
  2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle
  3. a power tool for drilling rocks
    power hammer
  4. a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
  5. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
    cock
  6. a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire
    “used in the hammer throw”
  7. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
    mallet
  8. the ossicle attached to the eardrum
    malleus
verb
  1. beat with or as if with a hammer
    “hammer the metal flat”
  2. create by hammering
    “hammer the silver into a bowl”
    forge