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Synonyms for hammer

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ham-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæm ər

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Définition of hammer

Origin :
  • Old English hamor "hammer," from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (cf. Old Saxon hamur, Middle Dutch, Dutch hamer, Old High German hamar, German Hammer. The Old Norse cognate hamarr meant "stone, crag" (it's common in English place names), and suggests an original sense of "tool with a stone head," from PIE *akmen "stone, sharp stone used as a tool" (cf. Old Church Slavonic kamy, Russian kameni "stone"), from root *ak- "sharp" (see acme). Hammer and sickle as an emblem of Soviet communism attested from 1921, symbolizing industrial and agricultural labor.
  • verb beat, hit
Example sentences :
  • I knew those fellows inside were bound to hammer it down if they could.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The man with the gun swore fearfully, but his comrade with the hammer was silent.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • When I was at your tent, there was a man with a hammer taking a lot of men out of the woods.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • But again she lifted the hammer, and gave, this time, a single rap.
  • Extract from : « The White Old Maid (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • That is the true ideal; a great nation ought not to be a hammer, but a magnet.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • When my domestics heard me ask for the hammer they decided to open it themselves.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • To my great relief, she was interrupted by the auctioneer, and the sound of his hammer.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • With that receipt, Pat, you'd need a hammer to crack 'em with after they was baked.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • When he put these on he could throw his hammer twice as far.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

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