Topic: MUSIC
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | hamor |
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ham‧mer1
[countable]
[countable]1
tool
a) TZ a tool with a heavy metal part on a long handle, used for hitting nails into wood
b) TZ a tool like this with a wooden head used to make something flat, make a noise etc : an auctioneer's hammer
an auctioneer's hammer4
hammer and tongs
informala) if people go at each other hammer and tongs, they fight or argue very loudly
b) if someone does something hammer and tongs, they do it with all their energy
5 the part of a gun that hits the explosive charge that fires a bullet
gun
PMW6 a heavy metal ball on a wire with a handle at the end, which you throw as far as possible as a sport
sport
DS7 a wooden part of a piano that hits the strings inside to make a musical sound
