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Hammered
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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noun
1.
a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
2.
any of various instruments or devices resembling this in form, action, or use, as a gavel, a mallet for playing the xylophone, or a lever that strikes the bell in a doorbell.
3.
Firearms. the part of a lock that by its fall or action causes the discharge, as by exploding the percussion cap or striking the primer or firing pin; the cock.
4.
one of the padded levers by which the strings of a piano are struck.
5.
EXPANDTrack. a metal ball, usually weighing 16 pounds (7.3 kg), attached to a steel wire at the end of which is a grip, for throwing for distance in the hammer throw.
6.
COLLAPSEAnatomy. the malleus.
verb (used with object)
7.
to beat or drive (a nail, peg, etc.) with a hammer.
8.
to fasten by using hammer and nails; nail (often followed by down, up, etc.): We spent the day hammering up announcements on fences and trees.
9.
to assemble or build with a hammer and nails (often followed by together): He hammered together a small crate.
10.
to shape or ornament (metal or a metal object) by controlled and repeated blows of a hammer; beat out: to hammer brass; to hammer a brass bowl.
11.
EXPANDto form, construct, or make with or as if with a hammer; build by repeated, vigorous, or strenuous effort (often followed by out or together): to hammer out an agreement; to hammer together a plot.
12.
to produce with or by force (often followed by out): to hammer out a tune on the piano; to hammer a home run.
13.
to pound or hit forcefully: to hammer someone in the jaw.
14.
to settle (a strong disagreement, argument, etc.); bring to an end, as by strenuous or repeated effort (usually followed by out): They hammered out their differences over a glass of beer.
15.
to present (points in an argument, an idea, etc.) forcefully or compellingly; state strongly, aggressively, and effectively (often followed by home).
16.
to impress (something) as if by hammer blows: You'll have to hammer the rules into his head.
17.
COLLAPSEBritish.
a.
(in the London stock exchange) to dismiss (a person) from membership because of default.
b.
to depress the price of (a stock).
verb (used without object)
Idiom18.
to strike blows with or as if with a hammer.
19.
to make persistent or laborious attempts to finish or perfect something (sometimes followed by away): He hammered away at his speech for days.
20.
to reiterate; emphasize by repetition (often followed by away): The teacher hammered away at the multiplication tables.
21.
under the hammer, for sale at public auction: The old estate and all its furnishings went under the hammer.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English hamer, Old English hamor; cognate with German Hammer hammer, Old Norse hamarr hammer, crag; orig. made of stone; probably akin to Russian kámen' stone
before 1000; Middle English hamer, Old English hamor; cognate with German Hammer hammer, Old Norse hamarr hammer, crag; orig. made of stone; probably akin to Russian kámen' stone
Related forms
ham·mer·a·ble, adjective
ham·mer·er, noun
ham·mer·like, adjective
out·ham·mer, verb (used with object)
re·ham·mer, verb (used with object)
EXPANDun·der·ham·mer, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
12, 13. knock, bang. 13. strike. 14. resolve, solve, thrash, work.
12, 13. knock, bang. 13. strike. 14. resolve, solve, thrash, work.
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Word Origin & History
hammer
O.E. hamor, from P.Gmc. *khamur. The O.N. cognate hamarr meant "stone, crag" (it's common in Eng. place names), and suggests an original sense of "tool with a stone head," from PIE *komor- "hammer," from base *akm- "sharp (stone)," cf. Slav. kamy, Rus. kameni "stone." The verb is first attested c.1430.
EXPANDHammerhead shark is from 1861.
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
hammer ham·mer (hām'ər)
n.
See malleus.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Slang Dictionary
hammer definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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