hammer
1. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
cock
• Derivationally related forms:
cock (for: cock)
• Hypernyms:
striker
• Part Holonyms:
gunlock, firing mechanism
2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle;
used to deliver an impulsive force by striking (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
hand tool
• Hyponyms:
ball-peen hammer, bricklayer's hammer, carpenter's hammer, claw hammer, clawhammer,
mallet, beetle, maul, sledge, sledgehammer, plexor,
plessor, percussor, tack hammer
• Part Meronyms:
hammerhead, head
3. the ossicle attached to the eardrum
• Syn:
malleus
• Hypernyms:
auditory ossicle
• Part Holonyms:
middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum
4. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
• Syn:
mallet
• Hypernyms:
drumstick
• Part Holonyms:
percussion instrument, percussive instrument
5. a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire;
used in the hammer throw
• Hypernyms:
sports equipment
6. a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
• Hypernyms:
striker
• Part Holonyms:
piano action
7. a power tool for drilling rocks
• Syn:
power hammer
• Hypernyms:
power tool
• Hyponyms:
air hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic hammer, electric hammer, triphammer
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
• Derivationally related forms:
pound (for: pounding), hammer (for: hammering), pound (for: pound)
• Hypernyms:
blow
1. beat with or as if with a hammer (Freq. 4)
- hammer the metal flat
• Derivationally related forms:
hammering
• Hypernyms:
beat
• Hyponyms:
sledgehammer, sledge
• Verb Group:
forge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. create by hammering
- hammer the silver into a bowl
- forge a pair of tongues
• Syn:
forge
• Derivationally related forms:
forge (for: forge), forger (for: forge), forging (for: forge)
• Hypernyms:
beat
• Hyponyms:
foliate, dropforge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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