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- pronunciation:
- hae
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- hammer out, under the hammer
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a hand tool having a solid, heavy head set across a handle and used to pound, indent, or beat metal, nails, or the like into shape or place, or any similar device.
I hit the nail with the hammer, but the nail just bent.
- similar words:
- beetle, claw, fuller, gavel, mallet, maul, sledgehammer
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| definition 2: |
any of various mallets or levers that strike to produce a sound, as on a piano or doorbell.
The hammers inside a piano strike the strings.- synonyms:
- mallet
- similar words:
- lever, striker
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| definition 3: |
the part of a firearm that strikes and causes the discharge.
- synonyms:
- cock
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| definition 4: |
a sixteen-pound metal ball, attached by a wire to a grip, that is thrown for distance in a field event.
- similar words:
- cock
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| phrase: |
under the hammer |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hammers, hammering, hammered |
| definition 1: |
to hit or strike with, or as though with, a hammer; pound or pummel.
He hammered nails into the wood.She hammered the table with her fists.- synonyms:
- beat, pound
- similar words:
- batter, bludgeon, clobber, club, cudgel, nail, pommel, pummel, strike
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| definition 2: |
to hit repeatedly and forcefully.
The hard rain hammered the roof.The soldiers' boots hammered the pavement. |
| definition 3: |
to cause to be in a certain condition by hammering.
The piece of metal stuck out, but she hammered it flat. |
| definition 4: |
to fasten with hammer and nails.
They've been hammering the new shingles all morning.- synonyms:
- nail
- similar words:
- fasten, tack
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| definition 5: |
to shape or decorate (metal or the like) with a hammer.
She hammered the metal into the shape of a leaf.- synonyms:
- beat, forge
- similar words:
- cast, coin, form, found, mold, shape
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| definition 6: |
to construct or bring about (an agreement or settlement) with force and determination on all sides (usu. fol. by "out").
The two sides finally hammered out an agreement this weekend after months of negotiating.- synonyms:
- forge
- similar words:
- chisel, fashion, make
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| definition 7: |
to present forcefully or with lasting effect, as though with the strong or repeated blows of a hammer.
He hammered home his argument.- synonyms:
- drive, pound, ram
- similar words:
- blast, force, persist in, press, thrust
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| related words: |
beat, belabor, clinch, hit, knock, lambaste, nail down, stick, tap |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to strike with, or as if with, a hammer.
He hammered on the door with his umbrella.- synonyms:
- beat, pound
- similar words:
- batter, strike
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| definition 2: |
to work away at something with effort or persistence, as if by repeated pounding.
The lawyer hammered at the witness with question after question.- synonyms:
- pound, strike
- similar words:
- batter, drive
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| definition 3: |
to pound like a hammer.
His heart hammered against his ribs.- synonyms:
- beat, pound
- similar words:
- pulsate, throb
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| related words: |
beat, hit, knock, persevere, plod, pound, tap |
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| phrase: |
hammer out |
| derivations: |
hammerlike (adj.), hammerer (n.) |
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