hammer: significato e definizioni

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.

A tool or device similar in function or action to this striking tool, as:

The part of a gunlock that hits the primer or firing pin or explodes the percussion cap and causes the gun to fire.

Music One of the padded wooden pieces of a piano that strikes the strings.

A part of an apparatus that strikes a gong or bell, as in a clock.

Anatomy See malleus.

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.

A small mallet used by auctioneers.

To hit, especially repeatedly, with or as if with a hammer; pound. See Synonyms at beat.

To beat into a shape with or as if with a hammer: hammered out the dents in the fender; hammered out a contract acceptable to both sides.

To put together, fasten, or seal, particularly with nails, by hammering.

To force upon by constant repetition: hammered the information into the students' heads.

To defeat soundly.

To inflict a heavy loss or damage on.

To deal repeated blows with or as if with a hammer; pummel: "Wind hammered at us violently in gusts” ( Thor Heyerdahl).

To undergo beating in the manner of a hammer: My pulse hammered.

Informal To keep at something continuously: hammered away at the problem.

under the hammer For sale at an auction.