Hammer

  • 61hammer — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + HAMMER ▪ hit sth with, tap sth with, use, wield ▪ swing ▪ He swung the hammer with all his strength. HAMMER + NOUN …

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  • 62Hammer — /ham euhr/, n. Armand, 1898 1990, U.S. businessman and art patron. * * * I Tool for pounding or delivering repeated blows. Hand hammers have a handle and striking head. Surfaces of hammerheads vary in size, angle of orientation to the handle… …

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  • 63hammer — I. noun Etymology: Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor; akin to Old High German hamar hammer, and perhaps to Old Church Slavic kamen , kamy stone, Greek akmē point, edge more at edge Date: before 12th century 1. a. a hand tool consisting …

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  • 64Hammer-Hü — Das Hammer Hü Laufen[1] ist ein Fastnachtsbrauch in Hamburg Vierlanden. Er wird in Kirchwerder und in Ochsenwerder praktiziert. In der Fastnachtswoche gehen Kinder mit Leinenbeutel und Holzlöffel oder hammer ausgerüstet von Haus zu Haus, um… …

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  • 65hammer — noun 1》 a tool consisting of a heavy metal head mounted at the end of a handle, used for breaking things and driving in nails.     ↘an auctioneer s mallet, tapped to indicate a sale. 2》 a part of a mechanism that hits another, e.g. one exploding… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 66hammer — n. & v. n. 1 a a tool with a heavy metal head at right angles to the handle, used for breaking, driving nails, etc. b a machine with a metal block serving the same purpose. c a similar contrivance, as for exploding the charge in a gun, striking… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 67hammer — 01. The nail bent when I tried to [hammer] it into the board. 02. I ll need a bigger [hammer] to pound these large nails into the beam. 03. We saw a science demonstration at school in which they dipped a banana in liquid nitrogen, and then used… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 68hammer — {{11}}hammer (n.) O.E. hamor hammer, from P.Gmc. *hamaraz (Cf. O.S. hamur, M.Du., Du. hamer, O.H.G. hamar, Ger. Hammer. The O.N. cognate hamarr meant stone, crag (it s common in English place names), and suggests an original sense of tool with a… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 69hammer — n 1. beetle, claw hammer, sledge, sledge hammer, fuller, kevel, maul, rammer, martel; gavel, tapper, mallet, tamper; Firearms. cock. v 2. beat, batter, pound, pommel, pummel, pelt, Sl. paste; cudgel, fustigate, bludgeon, baste, cane, bastinado,… …

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  • 70Hammer — Hạm·mer der; s, Häm·mer; 1 ein Werkzeug (mit einem Stiel), mit dem man besonders Nägel in Bretter oder Wände schlägt || Abbildung unter ↑Werkzeug || K : Hammerstiel 2 Sport; eine Kugel aus Metall, die an einem Draht befestigt ist und weit… …

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