hammer

Definitions

• A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
• The act of using a hammer to hit something
• A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
• (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
• (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
• (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
• (curling) The last stone in an end.
• (frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
• Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
• One who, or that which, smites or shatters.