All hammer synonyms
hamΒ·mer
H h verb hammer
- knock β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- pound β Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- tap β Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- bang β If something bangs, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times.
- form β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- clobber β You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- thrash β to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- shape β Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
- fashion β a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- batter β If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- wallop β to beat soundly; thrash.
- forge β to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- trounce β to beat severely; thrash.
- drub β to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
- whack β to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- pummel β to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- whomp β a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
- bear down β If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- drum β a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- pummelled β to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
noun hammer
- punishment β the act of punishing.
- cosh β A cosh is a heavy piece of rubber or metal which is used as a weapon.
- thud β a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
- mallet β a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- club β A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
- swatter β a person or thing that swats.
- convincer β to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- nightstick β a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- gavel β feudal rent or tribute.
- shill β a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- hickory β any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Carya, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood. Compare pecan, shagbark.
- shillelagh β a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
- clonk β to make a loud dull thud
- persuader β a person or thing that persuades: The cool lake was a most enticing persuader for those who liked to swim.
- rosewood β any of various reddish cabinet woods, sometimes with a roselike odor, yielded by certain tropical trees, especially belonging to the genus Dalbergia, of the legume family.
- quarterstaff β a former English weapon consisting of a stout pole 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long, tipped with iron.
- billy β A billy or billy club is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.