Hammer

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EtymologyModificar

Middle English hamer, Old English hamor, from Proto-Germanic *xamaraz (cf. Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Swedish [[hammare#Patrono:Se|hammare]]), from Proto-Indo-European *ak̑moros (cf. Sanskrit aśmará 'stony'Patrono: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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1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
2. A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
3. (anatomy) The malleus.
4. (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
5. Patrono:Sports A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
6. Patrono:Curling The last rock in an end.
7. (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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• mallet

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1. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
2. (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
3. Patrono:Sports To hit particularly hard.
4. 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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• hammer out

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• Breton: morzholat
• Interlingua: martellar
• Italian: martellare
• Persian: جکش
• Portuguese: martelar
• Swedish: hamra

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EtymologyModificar

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ek-mon- (“‘stone’”).

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• IPA: /hamər/, [ˈhɑmɐ]

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Hammer c. (singular definite Hammeren, plural indefinite Hammere or hamre)

1. hammer

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Hammer m.

1. hammer

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hammer

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