'hammer' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'hammer' with 11 example sentences.
- hammer noun
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: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
: the ossicle attached to the eardrum
: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
: a power tool for drilling rocks
: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- hammer verb
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: beat with or as if with a hammer
: create by hammering
Can I borrow your hammer?
He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
She hit me on the head with a hammer.
Is this a new hammer?
The hammer and sickle together are the symbol of communism.
The nail that sticks out gets hammered.
I learned how to use a hammer from my dad.
Inspector Dan Anderson found no fingerprints on the hammer.
Party leaders are hammering out a proposal for political reform.
Dan didn't even use a hammer to fix the chair.
I got hammered last night.