Main entry: pound, pounding, hammer, hammering
Definition: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Usage: the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard; the pounding of feet on the hallway
Main entry: hammer
Definition: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
Main entry: hammer, power hammer
Definition: a power tool for drilling rocks
Main entry: hammer
Definition: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
Definition: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
Main entry: hammer
Definition: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
Definition: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
Definition: the ossicle attached to the eardrum
Main entry: hammer
Definition: beat with or as if with a hammer
Usage: hammer the metal flat
Definition: create by hammering
Usage: hammer the silver into a bowl; forge a pair of tongues