hammer

Noun

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
  • the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
    
  • the pounding of feet on the hallway
    

• a power tool for drilling rocks

• a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

• a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

• the ossicle attached to the eardrum

• a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

• the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

Verb

• create by hammering
  • hammer the silver into a bowl
    
  • forge a pair of tongues
    

• beat with or as if with a hammer
  • hammer the metal flat
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pound , hammering , pounding , power hammer , mallet , malleus , cock , forge