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(noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" |
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Synonyms: hammering, pound, pounding |
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Related Words: blow |
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| 2. |
(verb) beat with or as if with a hammer |
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Related Words: beat, sledge, sledgehammer |
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(noun) a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking |
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Related Words: ball-peen hammer, bricklayer's hammer, carpenter's hammer, carpenter's mallet, claw hammer, clawhammer, hand tool, mallet, maul, plexor, sledge, sledgehammer, tack hammer |
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| 4. |
(noun) a power tool for drilling rocks |
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Synonyms: power hammer |
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Related Words: air hammer, electric hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic hammer, power tool, triphammer |
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(noun) the felt-covered striker that causes the piano strings to vibrate |
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Related Words: striker |
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(noun) the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled |
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Related Words: striker |
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(noun) a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw |
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Related Words: sports equipment |
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(noun) an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible |
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Synonyms: hammer throw |
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Related Words: field event |
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(verb) of metals |
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Synonyms: forge |
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Related Words: beat, dropforge, foliate |
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(noun) a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge |
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Synonyms: gavel |
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Related Words: carpenter's mallet, mallet |
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(noun) the ossicle attached to the eardrum |
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Synonyms: malleus |
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Related Words: bonelet, ossicle, ossiculum |
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