hammer
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for poundingA tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
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» She hit him with a hammer.
Sie schlug mit einem Hammer auf ihn ein. — al_ex_an_der
Она его ударила молотком. — marafon
Она ударила его молотком. — marafon
Вона вдарила його молотком. — deniko
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12 sensesA tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.
Hammer, Hàmmer
мо́лотmólot, молото́кmolotók
мо́лотmólot, молото́кmolotók
a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
The act of using a hammer to hit something.
The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.
The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
Hammer, Malleus
молото́чекmolotóček
In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings
a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
Hammer
мо́лотmólot
a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
The last stone in an end.
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.
Hammer, Hammer
молото́чекmolotóček
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
The accelerator pedal.
A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
Schlagstück, Hahn, Schlaghebel
куро́кkurók, уда́рникudárnik
(broadly, slang)A handgun.
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
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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
plural: hammersSynonyms
7 synonyms- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows):poundhammeringpounding
- a power tool for drilling rocks:power hammer
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled:cock
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.:mallet
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum:malleus
Word family
86 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- with a hammer
- need a hammer
- have a hammer
- use a hammer
- new hammer
See also
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