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English to English noun
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the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled |  | source: wordnet30
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a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking | | source: wordnet30
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the ossicle attached to the eardrum | | source: wordnet30
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a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. | | source: wordnet30
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a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw | | source: wordnet30
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a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate | | source: wordnet30
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a power tool for drilling rocks | | source: wordnet30
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the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | | Example: the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
the pounding of feet on the hallway
source: wordnet30
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An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. | | source: webster1913
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A spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled from a mark or ring. The weight of head and handle is usually not less than 16 pounds. | | source: webster1913 verb
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beat with or as if with a hammer | | Example: hammer the metal flat
source: wordnet30
| 12 |
create by hammering | | Example: hammer the silver into a bowl
forge a pair of tongues
source: wordnet30
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To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron. | | source: webster1913
| 14 |
To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer. | | source: webster1913
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