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Synonyms for hammer
ˈhæm ərham·mer

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  1. hammer, cocknoun

    the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

    Synonyms:
    pounding, rooster, shaft, prick, power hammer, turncock, tool, peter, pound, mallet, hammering, dick, stopcock, malleus, putz, pecker, cock

  2. hammernoun

    a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

    Synonyms:
    cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

  3. malleus, hammernoun

    the ossicle attached to the eardrum

    Synonyms:
    power hammer, pound, cock, pounding, mallet, malleus, hammering

  4. mallet, hammernoun

    a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

    Synonyms:
    power hammer, pound, cock, pounding, mallet, malleus, beetle, hammering

  5. hammernoun

    a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

    Synonyms:
    cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

  6. hammernoun

    a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

    Synonyms:
    cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

  7. hammer, power hammernoun

    a power tool for drilling rocks

    Synonyms:
    pounding, pound, cock, malleus, power hammer, mallet, hammering

  8. hammer, pound, hammering, poundingverb

    the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

    "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

    Synonyms:
    quid, lbf., dog pound, pounding, buffeting, throbbing, power hammer, malleus, throb, pound, mallet, hammering, pound sign, pound sterling, punt, cock, lb

  9. hammerverb

    beat with or as if with a hammer

    "hammer the metal flat"

    Synonyms:
    forge

  10. forge, hammerverb

    create by hammering

    "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"

    Synonyms:
    form, fake, mould, spirt, excogitate, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, invent, contrive, forge, fashion, formulate, spurt

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tenderizer

    a type of hammer, used for bludgeon or building

    bob grabbed a tenderizer to hit in the nails in the wood

    Submitted by cj_t on July 9, 2023  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hammernoun

    Synonyms:
    sledge, sledge-hammer, maul, mallet, beetle, gavel, kevel, crandall, marteline

    Associated words:
    peen, hephestic, poll

  2. hammerverb

    Synonyms:
    beat, forge, malleate, beetle

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "hammer":

    marteau, gavel, hummer, hammar, hamer, sledgehammer, mallet, sledge, hammers

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How to use hammer in a sentence?

  1. Derek Jeter:

    Those comments bothered me because, like I said, I’m very, very loyal, as a friend, I’m loyal. I just looked at it as, ‘I wouldn’t have done it.’ And then it was the media. The constant hammer to the nail. They just kept hammering it in. It just became noise, which frustrated me. Just constant noise.

  2. Robert L. Kruse, Data Structures and Program Design:

    An apprentice carpenter may want only a hammer and saw, but a master craftsman employs many precision tools. Computer programming likewise requires sophisticated tools to cope with the complexity of real applications, and only practice with these tools will build skill in their use.

  3. Armie Hammer:

    From day one, Mr. Hammer has maintained that all of his interactions with [the woman]— and every other sexual partner of his for that matter — have been completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutuallyparticipatory, [The woman]’s attention seeking and ill-advised legal bid will only make it more difficult for real victims of sexual violence to get the justice they deserve.

  4. Abraham Maslow:

    To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

  5. Tim Scott:

    That's one of those things, he says, one of those outliers of an issue that still raises real concern, and that he is still looking for ways to continue to address that and hammer on that.


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