hammer
To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etcTo strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
» She hit him with a hammer.
Sie schlug mit einem Hammer auf ihn ein.
Она его ударила молотком.
Она ударила его молотком.
Вона вдарила його молотком.
Meaning
12 sensesTo strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.
hämmern
колоти́тьkolotítʹ, молоти́тьmolotítʹ, дуба́ситьdubásitʹ
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
hämmern, klopfen
кова́тьkovátʹ, выко́выватьvykóvyvatʹ, чека́нитьčekánitʹ
beat with or as if with a hammer
(figuratively)To emphasize a point repeatedly.
einhämmern
(usually)To hit particularly hard.
(intransitive, slang)To ride very fast.
(intransitive)To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
rattern, hämmern
(figuratively, slang, transitive)To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
We hammered them 5-0!
schlagen
(slang, transitive)To make high demands on (a system or service).
(transitive)To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
(transitive)To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
(colloquial, transitive)To have hard sex with.
To overcook (something).
Examples
309 sentencesShe hit him with a hammer.
Вона вдарила його молотком. — deniko
ruОна его ударила молотком. — marafon
deSie schlug mit einem Hammer auf ihn ein. — al_ex_an_der
Could you hand me the hammer?
Ти не міг би передати мені молоток? — deniko
ruТы не мог бы подать мне молоток? — marafon
Could you hand me that hammer?
Ти не міг би передати мені той молоток? — deniko
Why do you need a hammer?
Навіщо тобі молоток? — deniko
ruЗачем тебе молоток? — marafon
Why did Tom need a hammer?
Навіщо Тому був потрібен молоток? — deniko
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from PFrom Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion.
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Forms
hammers, hammering, hammered, hammeredPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- with a hammer
- need a hammer
- have a hammer
- use a hammer
- new hammer