hammer

Meanings

• the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
• 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
• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
• 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)
  • "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"
• beat with or as if with a hammer
  • "hammer the metal flat"
• create by hammering
  • "hammer the silver into a bowl"

Synonyms

cock, forge, hammering, mallet, malleus, pound, pounding, power hammer