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hammer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhæmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈhaməɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈhamə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈhæmɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hamaraz Proto-West Germanic *hamar Old English hamor Middle English hamer English hammer From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion. (declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet.

Meanings

  1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
    • Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.
    • Men shove statues off pedestals, and use hammers and drills to destroy what’s left. 2015 February 26, Ben Wedeman, Dana Ford, “Video shows ISIS militants destroying antiquities in Iraq”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023:
  2. The act of using a hammer to hit something.
    • The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.
  3. The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
  4. In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
    • The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings
  5. A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
  6. The last stone in an end.
  7. A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
  8. Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
  9. One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
    • He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the massive iron hammers of the whole earth. 1849, John Henry Newman, Discourses to Mixed Congregations:
    • St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of hammer headline.
    • Hammers are, in essence, reverse kickers. Instead of being set in smaller type like kickers, hammers are set in larger type than headlines. 1981, Harry W. Stonecipher, Edward C. Nicholls, Douglas A. Anderson, Electronic Age News Editing, page 104:
  11. The accelerator pedal.
    • We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh 'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town. I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck And I'm about to put the hammer down." 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
  12. A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
    • In the course of a single month this year, the following news reports emanated from Florida: A gun enthusiast in Tampa built a 55-foot backyard pool shaped like a revolver, with a hot tub in the hammer. 2023 March 27, Helen Lewis, “How Did America’s Weirdest, Most Freedom-Obsessed State Fall for an Authoritarian Governor?”, in The Atlantic:
    • But the Englishman was close to him—so close that his hand reached the leveled barrel a fraction of a second before the hammer fell upon the cartridge, and the bullet that was intended for Tarzan’s heart whirred harmlessly above his head. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 219:
    • Nonstop hammer cock, violent mannered shots land a lot 2016, Doseone, “Enter the Gungeon”, in Enter the Gungeon OST:
  13. (broadly, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) A handgun.
    • Another one of my peoples came to me with a plan. "Yo, man, I need to get some money. I need to borrow that hammer." So I gave him my nickel-plated .357 with a wooden handle, and off he went to stand by the weed spot. 2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into The Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119:

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Deriveds

drop hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · forehammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · bring to the hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · shoe hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · reflex hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · pick hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · framing hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · war hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · atmospheric hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammermill (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer-dressing (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · bring down the hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · underhammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · patent hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · greathammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · Lucerne hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer face (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · water hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer-harden (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerwort (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerstone (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · dead-stroke hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer beam (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · stone hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerfish (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · tuning hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · Warrington hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · emergency hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · golden hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · adze-eye hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · coal hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer and tongs (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer break (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammertail (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · drop the hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · pole hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerblow (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · toffee hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer blast (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · spammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer toe (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · Maslow's hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · bott hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · air hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · forge-hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · ball-peen hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · Yosemite hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · brick hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · sickle and hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · Thor's hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · lay the hammer down (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · ball-pein hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerless (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · ban hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer throw (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · how's your hammer hanging (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · trip-hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · straight peen hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer-on (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer pond (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · stonemason's hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · drilling hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · yellow hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · steak hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer dulcimer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer bench (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerlike (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer and sickle (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer price (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · Abinger Hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · monkey hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · Hammersmith (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerhead (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · claw-hammer coat (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · up to the hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · safety hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · snowball hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · cross peen hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · lump hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer fist (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · under the hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · wrench hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · nail the hammer on the head (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer and anvil (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer-headed (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · club hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · meteor hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer away (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammertoe (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · percussion hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · goldhammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerspace (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · put the hammer down (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · life hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · bush hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammersmith (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerwise (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer blow (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · spring hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · claw hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · between the hammer and the anvil (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerlock (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · sledgehammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · crack hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · steam hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerman (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer thrower (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer drill (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · ball peen hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · trip hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammerscale (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · power hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · snowshoe hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · knight of the hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · hammer-dressed (Terms derived from hammer (noun)) · tilt hammer (Terms derived from hammer (noun))

Descendants

해머 · haamaa · hamala · hama · hamā̀ · hãma · hammer · ハンマー · ama

Relateds

mallet

Translations (513)

bg чу́кче (piano part) · mk чекан (tool) · pt martelo (tool) · ja 金槌 (tool) · gl martelo (tool) · nv bee atsidí (tool) · rm marti (tool) · mr हातोडा (tool) · cy cnicyn (part of a firearm) · kk серіппе (part of a firearm) · rm martel (tool) · ps څوټک (tool) · gil aama (tool) · ja(tool) · bh हथौड़ा (tool) · ps څټک (tool) · fr chien (part of a firearm) · prg hamer (tool) · csb mérk (tool) · as হাতুৰী (tool) · lij martello (tool) · pt percussor (part of a firearm) · fo hamari (tool) · gur hãma (tool) · mfe marto (tool) · gu હથોડો (tool) · af hamer (tool) · ny nyundo (tool) · sq typth (tool) · ar شَاكُوش (tool) · lt plaktukas (tool) · vro vassar (tool) · ba сүкеш (tool) · zh 摃錘仔 /𫼱锤仔 (tool) · mdf молатка (tool) · mn алх (tool) · ti ማርተሎ (tool) · ulc palawun (tool) · ltg vasars (tool) · lv āmurs (tool) · sc mateddu (tool) · rw inyundo (tool) · nl hamer (tool) · st noto (tool) · na amar (tool) · abe bagam8gan-al (tool) · nog шоькиш (tool) · da hammer (piano part) · unm mòkël (tool) · gv casoor (part of a firearm) · wls hāmale (tool) · la marcus (tool) · af hamer (sports: device) · inh гон (tool) · mas e-nyúntù (tool) · da hammer (tool) · sc matedhu (tool) · sw nyundo (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · pnt τσακούτς (tool) · aa mataka (tool) · izh kapsoli (part of a firearm) · udm чӧкыч (tool) · fr malléus (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · ne हथौडा (tool) · kpv мӧлӧт (tool) · nog таптавыш (tool) · nb hammer (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · rgn martel (tool) · eve халка̇ (tool) · fi viimeinen kivi (curling: last rock in an end) · wym homer (tool) · tyz pác cáy (part of a firearm) · kl kaataq (tool) · ja ハンマー (tool) · sm sāmala (tool) · es martinete (piano part) · it percussore (part of a firearm) · ja 槌骨 (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · fi vasaraluu (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · sw nyundo (frisbee throwing style) · vi búa (tool) · fy hammer (tool) · ota طوقماق (moving part of a firearm) · ru мо́лот (sports: device) · kmr keçûç (tool) · cs kladivo (tool) · ko 추골 (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · krl vazara (tool) · nah tlateuiloni (tool) · ro ciocan (tool) · pt cão (part of a firearm) · yo òlù (tool) · nso nôtô (tool) · zu isando (tool) · fi vasara (part of a clock) · grk-ita martèddhi (tool) · sco haimer (tool) · is hamar (tool) · fi vasara (piano part) · lmo martel (tool) · et vasar (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · csb młotk (tool) · chr ᎦᏅᏆᎶᏍᏗ (tool) · ms martil (tool) · br morzhol (tool) · pis hama (tool) · si මිටිය (tool) · krc чёгюч (tool) · bg чу́кче (part of a firearm) · vo fög (tool) · kn ಸುತ್ತಿಗೆ (tool) · oj bakite'igan (tool) · aqc кӏуртӏа (tool) · kca-nor сяк (tool) · io martelo (tool) · tyz bủa (tool) · mnb palu (tool) · nrf marté (tool) · be малато́к (tool) · ady уадэ (tool) · lg ennyondo (tool) · yue 錘 /锤 (tool) · crh çöküç (tool) · akz isbatka (tool) · af malleus (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · om madooshaa (tool) · ssf paruparu (tool) · ilo martilio (tool) · ha gùdumā̀ (tool) · la martellus (tool) · hi हथौड़ा (tool) · ru уда́рник (part of a firearm) · stq Hoomer (tool) · bbl kʼver (tool) · kmr çekûç (tool) · egl martel (tool) · es percusor (part of a firearm) · bjn tukul (tool) · kjh пасха (tool) · sjd ве̄жяр (tool) · nb hane (part of a firearm) · de Schlagstück (part of a firearm) · wo marto (tool) · sn nyundo (tool) · arc ܡܪܙܦܬܐ (tool) · liv vazār (tool) · de Hammer (piano part) · ts noto (tool) · gl cotás (tool) · krl pal’l’u (tool) · lo ຄ້ອນຕີ (tool) · mg famepika (tool) · cy morthwyl (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · ms tukul (tool) · it cane (part of a firearm) · sq çekiç (tool) · chy tôhohko (tool) · ht mato (tool) · ts hamore (tool) · lld martel (tool) · sah өтүйэ (tool) · tr çekiç (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · rm martè (tool) · tl pamukpok (tool) · el επικρουστήρας (part of a firearm) · de Hammer (part of a clock) · nb hammer (piano part) · ar شَاكُوش (tool) · hu pöröly (one who, or that which shatters) · hu verő (tool) · mk ороз (part of a firearm) · ce жӏов (tool) · de Schlaghebel (part of a firearm) · so cuddad (tool) · ga casúirín (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · bcl martilyo (tool) · he פַּטִּישׁ (tool) · el σφύρα (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · nso hamola (tool) · ko 망치 (tool) · ps سټک (tool) · de Malleus (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · ko 해머 (sports: device) · lez кӏута (tool) · cy morthwyl (part of a firearm) · war martilyo (tool) · xcl կռան (tool) · es percutor (part of a firearm) · pdt Homa (tool) · ca martell (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · fi murskaaja (one who, or that which shatters) · tl martilyo (tool) · fa چکش (tool) · la tudes (tool) · el σφυρί (tool) · haw hamare (tool) · eo perkutilo (part of a firearm) · bn হাতুড়ি (tool) · te సుత్తి (tool) · ady отэшху (tool) · ru молото́чек (piano part) · nb slegge (sports: device) · pt martelo (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · eu mailu (tool) · hsb hamor (tool) · tr çekiç (tool) · hu ütő (tool) · jv gandhèn (tool) · bg чук (tool) · sv hammare (tool) · gl repelo (tool) · sc malteddu (tool) · gl marra (tool) · ml ചുറ്റിക (tool) · ug bolqa (tool) · ru молото́к (tool) · su palu (tool) · sc martedhu (tool) · vep pal’l’ (tool) · yrk-tun ма (tool) · rif afḍis (tool) · kbd ур (tool) · ro ciocan (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · ar مِطْرَقَة (tool) · sl kladivo (tool) · hu pöröly (tool) · chm молот (tool) · lzz languri (tool) · cs kohout (part of a firearm) · sw nyundo (tool) · xal алх (tool) · mt martell (tool) · sq çok (tool) · ug بولقا (tool) · sc maltedhu (tool) · sc matzeddu (tool) · kw morthol (tool) · mt mitraq (tool) · pl kurek (part of a firearm) · xh ihamile (tool) · eo martelo (tool) · alt маска (tool) · cy morthwyl (tool) · my တူ (tool) · bo ཐོ་བ (tool) · ota چكیچ (tool) · th ค้อน (tool) · et vasar (tool) · pl młot (sports: device) · ga casúr (part of a firearm) · sl kladivce (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · kum чёгюч (tool) · bi hama (tool) · ar مطرقة (tool) · crs marto (tool) · bcl dongsol (tool) · chm чӧгыт (tool) · sc marteddu (tool) · gl bugarda (tool) · ar شَاكُوش (tool) · lmo martee (tool) · th พะเนิน (tool) · ar مِطْرَقَة (tool) · fj ituki (tool) · aht cʼetsedi (tool) · ru молото́чек (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · zh 錘子 /锤子 (tool) · tl binalalak (tool) · akz isbatatka (tool) · kk балға (tool) · tet martelu (tool) · nap martiello (tool) · sa मुद्गर (tool) · ba балға (tool) · nl hamer (part of a firearm) · nds Hamer (tool) · gld палоа (tool) · fr marteau (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · kbd уадэ (tool) · ty tupai (tool) · pcd martieau (tool) · wyi nambert (tool) · vec marteło (tool) · ur ہتوڑا (tool) · ace palèe (tool) · ms palu (tool) · nah tepuztlatetzotzonaloni (tool) · id palu (tool) · srn amra (tool) · it martello (tool) · ga mailléas (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · nb hammer (tool) · egl martèl (tool) · sw nyundo (part of a firearm) · gd òrd (tool) · ab аура (tool) · de Hammer (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · lg okukomerera (tool) · fi vasara (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · ps سوټک (tool) · abq жьахӏва (tool) · de Hahn (part of a firearm) · twf moltìyuʼúna (tool) · neg halka (tool) · gag çokan (tool) · pl młotek (tool) · rcf marto (tool) · cr ᐸᑲᒫᑲᓂᐢ (tool) · ug болқа (tool) · bg петле́ (part of a firearm) · ms penukul (tool) · fi hana (part of a firearm) · hu kalapács (sports: device) · co martellu (tool) · lv veseris (tool) · yua bahab (tool) · el κόκορας (part of a firearm) · af hamer (part of a firearm) · sc matzedhu (tool) · pms martel (tool) · kmr çakuç (tool) · pl młot (tool) · ch måttiyu (tool) · ruq tšecán (tool) · ay liq'iña (tool) · cjs масқа (tool) · nn sleggje (sports: device) · ckb چەکوچ (tool) · se veažir (tool) · pam pamukpuk (tool) · ko 마치 (tool) · tyv алага (tool) · cy gordd (sports: device) · xcl մուրճ (tool) · gl escoda (tool) · dak maziaphe (tool) · zh 錘骨 /锤骨 (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · an martiello (tool) · dv މަރުތެޔޮ (tool) · de Hammer (sports: device) · arq مَارْطُو (tool) · xcl ուռն (tool) · szl hamer (tool) · sw nyundo (curling: last rock in an end) · udm чекыч (tool) · uk молото́к (tool) · fud āmale (tool) · vot vasarõ (tool) · ka ურო (tool) · non hamarr (tool) · frr höömerk (tool) · ady уатэ (tool) · grc κέστρα (tool) · ota خروس (part of a firearm) · nio мыә (tool) · az çəkic (tool) · ka ჩაქუჩი (tool) · kca-nor кеви (tool) · sc martzeddu (tool) · esu multuuk (tool) · sah балта (tool) · vls oamer (tool) · gur zãarɛ (tool) · dsb klapac (tool) · scn marteddu (tool) · ja ハンマー (sports: device) · mnc ᠯᠠᠩᡨᡠ (tool) · sc marcedhu (tool) · da geværhane (part of a firearm) · ude халуга (tool) · fi iskuvasara (part of a firearm) · zza çaquş (tool) · es martillo (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · pt martelo (piano part) · de Hammer (tool) · vi(part of a firearm) · myv молотка (tool) · ab ажьаҳәа (tool) · fr marteau (tool) · izh kurokka (part of a firearm) · gug mbotaha (tool) · st hamore (tool) · ga casúr (tool) · ssy martello (tool) · sh ударач (part of a firearm) · ca martell (tool) · ha hamā̀ (tool) · tyv маска (tool) · hif haamaa (tool) · ru мо́лот (tool) · evn халкачан (tool) · su martil (tool) · tsg tukul (tool) · gl soliñadeira (tool) · grc σφῦρα (tool) · kjh пасхаӌах (tool) · kg nkonko (tool) · be мо́лат (tool) · oac халуа (tool) · pa ਹਥੌੜਾ (tool) · tzm tasmart (tool) · sh чѐкић (tool) · la malleus (tool) · ln ebétele (tool) · yi האַמער (tool) · hu kalapácscsont (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · bg чу́кче (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · am መዶሻ (tool) · wa mârtia (tool) · av квартӏа (tool) · dak iyokataŋ (tool) · bg у́дарник (part of a firearm) · mwl martielho (tool) · pi muggaro (tool) · lb Hummer (tool) · inh жӏов (tool) · hu kakas (part of a firearm) · bg чук (sports: device) · de Hàmmer (tool) · cs kladívko (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · sgs kūjātis (tool) · sc martzedhu (tool) · li hamel (tool) · kok आथोडि (tool) · es martillo (tool) · ga casúr (piano part) · chr ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎬᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ (tool) · abq урым (tool) · et haamer (tool) · srn ambra (tool) · fi moukari (sports: device) · uk мо́лот (tool) · is hamar (piano part) · hy մուրճ (tool) · af hamer (piano part) · dar кьякь (tool) · ru куро́к (part of a firearm) · abe malto (tool) · bm marito (tool) · ceb martilyo (tool) · lt kūjis (tool) · fi vasara (tool) · evn балта (tool) · ar مِطْرَقَة (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · luy enyundo (tool) · os дзӕбуг (tool) · xsr थो (tool) · ce варзап (tool) · mnc ᡶᠣᠯᡥᠣ (tool) · vec martel (tool) · pt martelo (sports: device) · jv palu (tool) · fur martiel (tool) · ty tiapai (tool) · oc martèl (tool) · dz ཐོཝ (tool) · arc ܐܪܙܦܬܐ (tool) · nn hammar (tool) · mi hama (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · zh 榔頭 /榔头 (tool) · lez кӏаш (tool) · cv мӑлатук (tool) · af hamer (part of a clock) · sk kladivo (tool) · rhg hañtura (tool) · ky барскан (tool) · ext maltillu (tool) · tk çekiç (tool) · sh čèkić (tool) · kaw palu (tool) · evn халка (tool) · mi pākuru (tool) · lv āmuriņš (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · sq vare (tool) · km ញញួរ (tool) · tum nyundo (tool) · hu kalapács (tool) · af hamer (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · kab tafḍist (tool) · az vurucu (part of a firearm) · el πλήκτρο (piano part) · ga ord (sports: device) · roa-gal martet (tool) · haw hāmale (tool) · sv hane (part of a firearm) · pox omår (tool) · ast martiellu (tool) · mk че́канче (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · bua балта (tool) · nl hamer (piano part) · el λύκος (part of a firearm) · sh udarač (part of a firearm) · pl młoteczek (bone of the middle ear — see also malleus) · oaa пало (tool) · ln yende (tool) · gag çekiç (tool) · ar قَدوم (tool) · lmo martell (tool) · ta சுத்தியல் (tool) · gv oard (tool)

hammer en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhæmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈhaməɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈhamə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈhæmɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hamaraz Proto-West Germanic *hamar Old English hamor Middle English hamer English hammer From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion. (declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet.

Meanings

  1. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
    • "He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both woke up, and why Noè never got taken out by Mukami. So all I had to do was open my mind up to the guy, invite him in, then... gas the foyer, as it were." 2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
    • Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.
    • Fresleven - that was the fellow’s name, a Dane - thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick. 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:
  2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
    • hammered money 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  3. (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
  4. (usually) To hit particularly hard.
    • "My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard." 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:
    • This time the defender was teed up by Andrew Johnson's short free-kick on the edge of the box and Baird hammered his low drive beyond Begovic's outstretched left arm and into the bottom corner, doubling his goal tally for the season and stunning the home crowd. 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC:
  5. (intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
    • Fifteen minutes later, leaving a vapour trail of kitchen smells, I hammered into Obterre. 2011, Tim Moore, French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France, page 58:
    • Running at line-speed, well over 100mph, it hammers through Doncaster on its way south to London. 2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 32:
  6. (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
    • I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
  7. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
    • We hammered them 5-0!
  8. (slang, transitive) To make high demands on (a system or service).
    • So we'll be hammering the server in an unrealistic manner, but we'll see how the additional clients affect overall performance. We'll add two, three, four, and then five clients, […] 1995, Optimizing Windows NT, volume 4, page 226:
  9. (transitive) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
  10. (transitive) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
  11. (colloquial, transitive) To have hard sex with.
    • A short time later I’ve got Lissie in bed. I’m really going after it, really hammering her. 2012, John Locke, Wish List (Donovan Creed), John Locke Books, →ISBN, page 19:
  12. To overcook (something).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hammers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hammered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hammered Tense=Past lexicographic
hammering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

outhammer (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · hammered (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · mishammer (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · the nail that sticks out gets hammered down (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · rehammer (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · hammer home (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · hammerable (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · hammerer (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · hammer out (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · sledgehammer (terms derived from hammer (verb)) · hammer up (terms derived from hammer (verb))

Relateds

hammer out

Synonyms

pound · smash

Translations (100)

fi hakata (to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer) · no hamre (to strike repeatedly) · ru колоти́ть (to strike repeatedly) · pt martelar (to strike repeatedly) · mk зачукува (to strike repeatedly) · oc martelejar (to strike repeatedly) · tr çekiçlemek (to strike repeatedly) · oc martelar (to strike repeatedly) · ru чека́нить (to shape by beating) · it picchiare (to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer) · fi murskata (sports: to defeat resoundingly) · hu elver (sports: to defeat resoundingly) · fr marteler (to strike repeatedly) · bg натъ́ртя (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · sh čekìćati (to strike repeatedly) · mk кове (to strike repeatedly) · hu tönkrever (sports: to defeat resoundingly) · bg разбивам (sports: to defeat resoundingly) · yue(to strike repeatedly) · yi שמידערן (to strike repeatedly) · el σφυροκοπώ (to shape by beating) · nl timmeren (to strike repeatedly) · bg набле́гна (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · af slaan (to strike repeatedly) · af pak gee (sports: to defeat resoundingly) · ia martellar (to strike repeatedly) · gl mazar (to strike repeatedly) · tsg pukpuk (to strike repeatedly) · bg набля́гам (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · nl hameren (to strike repeatedly) · fi takoa (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · fi takoa (to shape by beating) · fi tykittää (sports: to hit particularly hard) · eo marteli (to strike repeatedly) · sq Rre (to strike repeatedly) · de klopfen (to shape by beating) · ca clavar (sports: to hit particularly hard) · ru выко́вывать (to shape by beating) · mk забива (to strike repeatedly) · bg чукам (to strike repeatedly) · da hamre (to strike repeatedly) · fi takoa (to strike repeatedly) · ota چكیچلمك (to strike repeatedly) · hu szájba rág (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · ga gread (to strike repeatedly) · pt martelar (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · de hämmern (to shape by beating) · de schlagen (sports: to defeat resoundingly) · ru дуба́сить (to strike repeatedly) · io martelagar (to strike repeatedly) · la malleō (to strike repeatedly) · bg кова (to shape by beating) · th ตอก (to strike repeatedly) · bg натъ́ртвам (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · nl inhameren (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · gl martelar (to strike repeatedly) · sv hamra (to strike repeatedly) · fi painottaa toistuvasti (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · fr marteler (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · sh kòvati (to strike repeatedly) · kix thìu (to strike repeatedly) · oc martelar (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · mk чука (to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer) · af op hamer (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · ckb کوتین (to strike repeatedly) · de hämmern (to strike repeatedly) · tsg tukul (to strike repeatedly) · hu szájába rág (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · bg изчу́кам (to shape by beating) · chr ᎦᏅᏆᎶᎠ (to strike repeatedly) · cy morthwylio (to strike repeatedly) · hu kalapál (to strike repeatedly) · ru молоти́ть (to strike repeatedly) · lb hummeren (to strike repeatedly) · mi ike (to strike repeatedly) · mi pāike (to strike repeatedly) · it martellare (to strike repeatedly) · es martillar (to strike repeatedly) · it colpire (to strike repeatedly) · ru кова́ть (to shape by beating) · nl op doorhameren (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · de einhämmern (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · bg чу́кам (to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer) · it picchiare (to strike repeatedly) · hu kovácsol (to shape by beating) · hu dobol (to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer) · fi moukaroida (sports: to hit particularly hard) · de hämmern (to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer) · no banke (to strike repeatedly) · fi jankuttaa (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · ca martellejar (to strike repeatedly) · ne ठोक्नु (to strike repeatedly) · mk зачукува (sports: to hit particularly hard) · es chutar (sports: to hit particularly hard) · it picchiare in testa (to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer) · hu kalapál (to shape by beating) · it martellare (figuratively: to emphasize a point repeatedly) · fi vasaroida (to strike repeatedly) · de rattern (to strike internally, as if hit by a hammer) · bg изчу́квам (to shape by beating)