ball-peen hammer en · NOUN
Meanings
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A hammer having, besides the normal flat head, an opposite, rounded or peening head.
He stumbles forward helplessly as something terrible happens to his back. It feels like being massaged with a hundred ballpeen hammers.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 284:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ball-pein hammer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ball-peen hammers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ball peen hammer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ball pein hammer | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
machinist's hammer · engineer's hammer
Translations (1)
fi pallopäävasara (type of hammer)