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ham·mer
(hăm′ər)n.
1. A hand tool consisting of a handle with a head of metal or other heavy rigid material that is attached at a right angle, used for striking or pounding.
2. A tool or device similar in function or action to this striking tool, as:
a. The part of a gunlock that hits the primer or firing pin or explodes the percussion cap and causes the gun to fire.
b. Music One of the padded wooden pieces of a piano that strikes the strings.
c. A part of an apparatus that strikes a gong or bell, as in a clock.
3. Anatomy See malleus.
4. Sports A metal ball weighing 16 pounds (7.2 kilograms) and having a long wire or wooden handle by which it is thrown for distance in track-and-field competition.
5. A small mallet used by auctioneers.
v. ham·mered, ham·mer·ing, ham·mers
v.tr.
1.
a. To hit, especially repeatedly, with a hammer; pound. See Synonyms at beat.
b. To strike forcefully and repeatedly: hooves hammering the ground.
c. To assault with military force: hammered the position with artillery shells.
2.
a. To beat into a shape with a hammer or similar tool: hammered the metal into a goblet.
b. To accomplish or produce with difficulty or effort. Often used with out: hammer out an agreement.
3. To put together, fasten, or seal, particularly with nails, by hammering.
4. To force upon (someone) by constant repetition: hammered the information into the students' heads.
5.
a. To cause harm, loss, or difficulty to (someone), especially repeatedly: investors hammered in the bear market.
b. To defeat soundly: got hammered in the playoffs.
c. To attack verbally: a politician hammered in the press
v.intr.
Idiom: 1. To deal repeated blows with or as if with a hammer; pummel: "Wind hammered at us violently in gusts" (Thor Heyerdahl).
2. To undergo beating in the manner of a hammer: My pulse hammered.
3. Informal To keep at something continuously. Often used with away: hammered away at the problem.
under the hammer
For sale at an auction.
ham′mer·er n.
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hammer
(ˈhæmə)n
1. (Tools) a hand tool consisting of a heavy usually steel head held transversely on the end of a handle, used for driving in nails, beating metal, etc
2. (Mechanical Engineering) any tool or device with a similar function, such as the moving part of a door knocker, the striking head on a bell, etc
3. (Mechanical Engineering) a power-driven striking tool, esp one used in forging. A pneumatic hammer delivers a repeated blow from a pneumatic ram, a drop hammer uses the energy of a falling weight
4. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a part of a gunlock that rotates about a fulcrum to strike the primer or percussion cap, either directly or via a firing pin
5. (Athletics (Track & Field)) athletics
a. a heavy metal ball attached to a flexible wire: thrown in competitions
b. the event or sport of throwing the hammer
6. an auctioneer's gavel
7. (Instruments) a device on a piano that is made to strike a string or group of strings causing them to vibrate
8. (Anatomy) anatomy the nontechnical name for malleus
9. (Curling) curling the last stone thrown in an end
10. (Commerce) go under the hammer come under the hammer to be offered for sale by an auctioneer
11. hammer and tongs with great effort or energy: fighting hammer and tongs.
12. on someone's hammer slang
a. persistently demanding and critical of someone
b. in hot pursuit of someone
vb
13. to strike or beat (a nail, wood, etc) with or as if with a hammer
14. (tr) to shape or fashion with or as if with a hammer
15. (tr; foll by in or into) to impress or force (facts, ideas, etc) into (someone) through constant repetition
16. (intr) to feel or sound like hammering: his pulse was hammering.
17. (often foll by: away) to work at constantly
18. (tr)
a. to question in a relentless manner
b. to criticize severely
19. informal to inflict a defeat on
20. (tr) slang to beat, punish, or chastise
21. (Stock Exchange) (tr) stock exchange
a. to announce the default of (a member)
b. to cause prices of (securities, the market, etc) to fall by bearish selling
[Old English hamor; related to Old Norse hamarr crag, Old High German hamar hammer, Old Slavonic kamy stone]
ˈhammerer n
ˈhammer-ˌlike adj
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ham•mer
(ˈhæm ər)n.
1. a tool consisting of a solid head, usu. of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for driving nails, beating metals, etc.
2. any of various instruments or devices resembling this in form, action, or use, as a gavel, a mallet for playing the xylophone, or one of the padded levers by which the strings of a piano are struck.
3. the part of a lock of a firearm that strikes the primer or firing pin, explodes the percussion cap, etc., and causes the discharge; cock.
4. a metal ball, usu. weighing 16 lb. (7.3 kg), attached to a steel wire at the end of which is a grip, for throwing in the hammer throw.
5. malleus.
v.t. 6. to beat or drive (a nail, peg, etc.) with a hammer.
7. to fasten by using hammer and nails; nail (often fol. by down, up, etc.).
8. to assemble or build with a hammer and nails (often fol. by together).
9. to beat out: to hammer brass.
10. to form or construct by repeated, vigorous, or strenuous effort (often fol. by out or together): to hammer out an agreement.
11. to pound or hit forcefully (often fol. by out): to hammer out a tune on the piano.
12. to settle or resolve, as by strenuous or repeated effort (usu. fol. by out): They hammered out their differences at last.
13. to present (points in an argument, an idea, etc.) forcefully or compellingly: hammering home the need for action.
14. to impress (something) as if by hammer blows: to hammer rules into someone's head.
v.i. 15. to strike blows with or as if with a hammer.
16. to make persistent or laborious attempts to finish or perfect something (sometimes fol. by away): She hammered away at her speech for days.
17. to reiterate; emphasize by repetition (often fol. by away).
Idioms: under the hammer, for sale at public auction.
[before 1000; Middle English hamer, Old English hamor, c. Old Saxon hamur, Old High German hamar hammer, Old Norse hamarr hammer, crag]
ham′mer•er, n.
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hammer
Past participle: hammered
Gerund: hammering
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| Noun | 1. | hammer - the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled firing mechanism, gunlock - the action that ignites the charge in a firearm striker - the part of a mechanical device that strikes something |
| 2. |  hammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by strikingball-peen hammer - a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal bricklayer's hammer - a hammer used in laying bricks hammerhead - the striking part of a hammer hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands head - the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer" beetle, mallet - a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing percussor, plessor, plexor - (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes tack hammer - a light hammer that is used to drive tacks | |
| 3. |  hammer - the ossicle attached to the eardrumauditory ossicle - ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum - the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear | |
| 4. |  hammer - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.drumstick - a stick used for playing a drum percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another | |
| 5. | hammer - a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport | |
| 6. | hammer - a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate piano action - action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed striker - the part of a mechanical device that strikes something | |
| 7. |  hammer - a power tool for drilling rocks electric hammer - a hammer driven by electric motor power tool - a tool driven by a motor triphammer - a massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity | |
| 8. |  hammer - the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" | |
| Verb | 1. | hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat" beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" sledgehammer, sledge - beat with a sledgehammer |
| 2. | hammer - create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat" beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" foliate - hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal" dropforge - forge with a dropforge; "drop-force the metal" |
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hammer
verb
2. (often with into) impress upon, repeat, drive home, drum into, grind into, din into, drub into He hammered it into me that I had not become a rotten goalkeeper.
3. criticize, condemn, censure, rebuke, reprimand, berate, castigate, admonish, chastise, pillory, lambaste The report hammers the private motorist.
4. (Informal) defeat, beat, thrash, stuff (slang), master, worst, tank (slang), lick (informal), slate (informal), trounce, clobber (slang), run rings around (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), blow out of the water (slang), drub He hammered the young left-hander in four straight sets.
go at something hammer and tongs do something enthusiastically, do something with gusto, give something laldy (Scot.) He loved gardening. He went at it hammer and tongs.
hammer away at something work, keep on, persevere, grind, persist, stick at, plug away (informal), drudge, pound away, peg away (chiefly Brit.), beaver away (Brit. informal) Palmer kept hammering away at his report.
hammer something out work out, produce, finish, complete, settle, negotiate, accomplish, sort out, bring about, make a decision, thrash out, come to a conclusion, form a resolution, excogitate I think we can hammer out a solution.
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Translations
جَرَس السّاعَه او البيانوشَاكُوشكُرة مَعْدَنِيَّه تُرمى بِيَد فولاذيَّهمِطْرَقَهيَضْرِبُ بالمِطْرِقَه
kladivosrdcetlouci kladivemvtloukatkladívko
hammerhamre
چکش
vasaravasaroidaiskuritakoa
čekić
besulykolkalapácskalapálkikalapál
palu
hamarhamra á, troîa íneglasleggja
ハンマー
해머
malleus
duoti pipirųkūjisplaktukasšerdis
āmuriņšāmursdauzītiedzīt galvāsist
ciocan
kladivkovtĺkaťzatĺcť kladivom
kladivotrkatizabiti s kladivom
hammarehamra
ค้อน
búa
hammer
[ˈhæməʳ]A. N (= tool) → martillo m (Mus) → macillo m; [of firearm] → percusor m
the hammer and sickle → el martillo y la hoz
to come under the hammer → ser subastado
to go at it hammer and tongs (= argue) → discutir acaloradamente; (= fight) → luchar a brazo partido; (= work) → darle duro
the hammer and sickle → el martillo y la hoz
to come under the hammer → ser subastado
to go at it hammer and tongs (= argue) → discutir acaloradamente; (= fight) → luchar a brazo partido; (= work) → darle duro
B. VT
1. [+ nail] → clavar; [+ metal] → martillar, batir
to hammer a post into the ground → hincar un poste en el suelo a martillazos
to hammer sth into shape [+ metal] → forjar algo a martillazos (fig) [+ team etc] → forjar algo a golpes
to hammer a point home → remachar un punto
to hammer sth into sb (fig) → meter algo en la cabeza de algn
to hammer a post into the ground → hincar un poste en el suelo a martillazos
to hammer sth into shape [+ metal] → forjar algo a martillazos (fig) [+ team etc] → forjar algo a golpes
to hammer a point home → remachar un punto
to hammer sth into sb (fig) → meter algo en la cabeza de algn
2. (= defeat, thrash) → dar una paliza a, machacar
C. VI to hammer on or at a door → dar golpes en or golpear una puerta
to hammer away at [+ subject] → insistir con ahinco en, machacar en; [+ work] → trabajar asiduamente en
to hammer away on the piano → aporrear el piano
to hammer away at [+ subject] → insistir con ahinco en, machacar en; [+ work] → trabajar asiduamente en
to hammer away on the piano → aporrear el piano
hammer in VT + ADV → meter a martillazos
hammer out VT + ADV [+ nail] → sacar; [+ dent] → alisar a martillazos (fig) [+ solution, agreement] → negociar no sin esfuerzo
hammer together VT + ADV [+ pieces of wood etc] → clavar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hammer
[ˈhæmər] n
vt
(= beat decisively) → battre à plate couture, battre à plates coutures (= criticize) → descendre en flammes
vi
to hammer at the door → tambouriner contre la porte
to hammer on the table → taper du poing sur la table
to hammer on the table → taper du poing sur la table
hammer away at
vt fus [+ subject, theme] → insister lourdement surhammer in
vt sep [+ nail, peg] → enfoncerhammer out
vt fus [+ deal, agreement, compromise, solution] → s'entendre sur, négocier
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hammer
n (generally) → Hammer m; (of gun) → Hahn m; to go at it hammer and tongs (inf) → sich ins Zeug legen (inf), → sich reinhängen (sl); (= work also) → schuften, dass die Fetzen fliegen (inf); (= quarrel) → sich in die Wolle kriegen (inf), → sich streiten, dass die Fetzen fliegen; (= have sex) → es miteinander machen (inf); to go/come under the hammer (at auction) → unter den Hammer kommen; throwing the hammer (Sport) → Hammerwerfen nt; in the hammer (Sport) → im Hammerwurf
vt
nail, metal → hämmern; to hammer a nail into a wall → einen Nagel in die Wand schlagen; to hammer something into shape (metal) → etw zurechthämmern; (fig) agreement → etw ausarbeiten; to hammer something into somebody or into somebody’s head (inf) → jdm etw einbläuen (inf)
(inf: = defeat badly) → eine Schlappe beibringen +dat (inf); Chelsea were hammered 6-1 → Chelsea musste eine 6:1-Schlappe einstecken (inf)
(St Ex sl) stockbroker → für zahlungsunfähig erklären
(inf: = criticize) → kritisieren, attackieren
vi → hämmern; to hammer on the door → an die Tür hämmern; my heart was hammering → mein Herz pochte wild
hammer
:hammer beam
n → Stichbalken m
hammer drill
n → Schlagbohrmaschine f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hammer
[ˈhæməʳ]1. n (tool) → martello; (of gun) → percussore m
to go at it hammer and tongs (fam) (work) → darci dentro; (argue) → azzuffarsi
to go at it hammer and tongs (fam) (work) → darci dentro; (argue) → azzuffarsi
2. vt → martellare (fig) (fam) (defeat) → stracciare; (thrash) → picchiare
to hammer nails into wood → piantare chiodi nel legno
to hammer sth into shape (metal) → dare una forma a qc col martello (fig) (team, plan) → mettere a punto qc
to hammer a point home to sb → cacciare un'idea in testa a qn
to hammer nails into wood → piantare chiodi nel legno
to hammer sth into shape (metal) → dare una forma a qc col martello (fig) (team, plan) → mettere a punto qc
to hammer a point home to sb → cacciare un'idea in testa a qn
hammer out vt + adv (metal) → spianare (a martellate) (fig) (solution, agreement) → mettere a punto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hammer
(ˈhӕmə) noun1. a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc. a joiner's hammer.
2. the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.
3. in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.
verb1. to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer. He hammered the nail into the wood.
2. to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition. Grammar was hammered into us at school.
give (someone) a hammering to hammer (= beat) (a person). His father gave him a hammering for stealing.
hammer home to make great efforts to make a person realize. We'll have to hammer home to them the importance of secrecy.
hammer out to produce (an agreement etc) with a great deal of effort and discussion. to hammer out a solution.
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hammer
→ شَاكُوش kladivo hammer Hammer σφυρί martillo vasara marteau čekić martello ハンマー 해머 hamer hammer młotek martelo молоток hammare ค้อน çekiç búa 锤子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
ham·mer
n. martillo.
1. huesecillo del oído medio;
2. instrumento empleado en exámenes físicos;
___ finger or toe → dedo en garra;
percussion ___ → ___ de percusión;
reflex ___ → ___ de reflejo.
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