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A hammer (tool).
Etymology[]
Middle English hamer, Old English hamor, from Proto-Germanic *xamaraz (cf. Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Swedish [[hammare#Template:Se|hammare]]), from Proto-Indo-European *ak̑moros (cf. Sanskrit aśmará 'stony'Template:Rfscript), from *h₂ékmōn 'stone' (cf. Lithuanian akmuõ, Serbo-Croatian kamēn, Albanian kmesë 'sickle', Ancient Greek ἄκμων (akmōn) 'meteor rock, anvil', Avestan asman, Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman)), from *h₂ék̑- 'sharp'. More at edge.
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- (UK) IPA: /ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"h{m.@(r)/
- Rhymes: -æmə(r)
- (US) IPA: /ˈhæmɚ/, SAMPA: /"h{m@`/
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Hammer ({{{1}}})
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- (anatomy) The malleus.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- Template:Sports A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- Template:Curling The last rock in an end.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
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to Hammer (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- Template:Sports To hit particularly hard.
- To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
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- Breton: morzholat
- Interlingua: martellar
- Italian: martellare
- Persian: جکش
- Portuguese: martelar
- Swedish: hamra
Danish[]
Etymology[]
From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ek-mon- (“‘stone’”).
Pronunciation[]
- IPA: /hamər/, [ˈhɑmɐ]
Noun[]
Hammer c. (singular definite Hammeren, plural indefinite Hammere or hamre)
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common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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nominative, dative and accusative | Hammer | Hammeren | Hammere hamre |
Hammerne hamrene |
genitive | Hammers | Hammerens | Hammeres hamres |
Hammernes hamrenes |
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Hammer m.
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hammer
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