ALL meanings of hammer
ham·mer
H h - verb hammer (sports) To hit particularly hard. 0
- verb hammer To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer. 0
- verb hammer (figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly. 0
- countable noun hammer A hammer is a tool that consists of a heavy piece of metal at the end of a handle. It is used, for example, to hit nails into a piece of wood or a wall, or to break things into pieces. 0
- verb hammer If you hammer an object such as a nail, you hit it with a hammer. 0
- verb hammer Hammer in means the same as hammer. 0
- verb hammer If you hammer on a surface, you hit it several times in order to make a noise, or to emphasize something you are saying when you are angry. 0
- verb hammer If you hammer something such as an idea into people or you hammer at it, you keep repeating it forcefully so that it will have an effect on people. 0
- verb hammer If you say that someone hammers another person, you mean that they attack, criticize, or punish the other person severely. 0
- passive verb hammer If you say that businesses are being hammered, you mean that they are being unfairly harmed, for example by a change in taxes or by bad economic conditions. 0
- verb hammer In sports, if you say that one player or team hammered another, you mean that the first player or team defeated the second completely and easily. 0
- verb hammer If someone's heart is hammering, it is beating very fast, usually because they are frightened. 0
- countable noun hammer In machines and instruments, a hammer is a part that hits another part. For example, in a gun the hammer causes the explosion which makes the bullet shoot out of it, and in a piano the hammers hit the strings and cause the sounds. 0
- countable noun hammer In athletics, a hammer is a heavy weight on a piece of wire, which the athlete throws as far as possible. 0
- countable noun hammer The hammer also refers to the sport of throwing the hammer. 0
- noun hammer a hand tool consisting of a heavy usually steel head held transversely on the end of a handle, used for driving in nails, beating metal, etc 0
- noun hammer any tool or device with a similar function, such as the moving part of a door knocker, the striking head on a bell, etc 0
- noun hammer a power-driven striking tool, esp one used in forging. A pneumatic hammer delivers a repeated blow from a pneumatic ram, a drop hammer uses the energy of a falling weight 0
- noun hammer a part of a gunlock that rotates about a fulcrum to strike the primer or percussion cap, either directly or via a firing pin 0
- noun hammer a heavy metal ball attached to a flexible wire: thrown in competitions 0
- noun hammer the event or sport of throwing the hammer 0
- noun hammer an auctioneer's gavel 0
- noun hammer a device on a piano that is made to strike a string or group of strings causing them to vibrate 0
- noun hammer the last stone thrown in an end 0
- verb hammer to strike or beat (a nail, wood, etc) with or as if with a hammer 0
- verb hammer to shape or fashion with or as if with a hammer 0
- verb hammer to impress or force (facts, ideas, etc) into (someone) through constant repetition 0
- verb hammer to feel or sound like hammering 0
- verb hammer to work at constantly 0
- verb hammer to question in a relentless manner 0
- verb hammer to criticize severely 0
- verb hammer to inflict a defeat on 0
- verb hammer to beat, punish, or chastise 0