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Meaning of hammer

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hammer
      n 1: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when
           the trigger is pulled [syn: {hammer}, {cock}]
      2: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to
         deliver an impulsive force by striking
      3: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: {malleus},
         {hammer}]
      4: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
         such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas,
         glockenspiels, etc. [syn: {mallet}, {hammer}]
      5: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the
         hammer throw
      6: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano
         strings to vibrate
      7: a power tool for drilling rocks [syn: {hammer}, {power
         hammer}]
      8: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
         sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding
         of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {pound}, {hammering},
         {pounding}]
      v 1: beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
      2: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge
         a pair of tongues" [syn: {forge}, {hammer}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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