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      hammer
      noun
      A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
      The act of using a hammer to hit something.
      (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
      (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
      (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
      (curling) The last stone in an end.
      (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
      Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
      One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
      (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
      (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
      (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun.
      A surname.
      (soccer) someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
      (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline. [A brief larger headline above a smaller main headline.]
      verb
      To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
      To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
      (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
      (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
      (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
      (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
      (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
      (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
      (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
      (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
      (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
      Synonyms for hammer
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      Words related to hammer
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