hammer (noun)
1: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled [syn: cock]
2: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
3: an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible [syn: hammer throw]
4: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: malleus]
5: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
6: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
7: a power tool for drilling rocks [syn: power hammer]
8: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: pound, hammering, pounding]
hammer
(verb)
1: beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
2: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" [syn: forge]