hammer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion. (declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ) (US) IPA(key): /ˈhæm.ɚ/ === Noun === hammer (plural hammers) A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. The act of using a hammer to hit something. (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 throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head. Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour. One who, or that which, smites or shatters. (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline. (motor racing) The accelerator pedal. (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun. (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== mallet === Verb === hammer (third-person singular simple present hammers, present participle hammering, simple past and past participle hammered) To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly. (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard. (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast. (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer. (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly. (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service). (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange. (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market). (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with. Synonyms: pound, smash ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === “hammer n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hamər/, [ˈhɑmɐ] === Noun === hammer c (singular definite hammeren, plural indefinite hammere or hamre) hammer ==== Inflection ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhamɐ/ Homophone: Hammer === Verb === hammer (colloquial, regional) contraction of haben +‎ wir ==== Usage notes ==== This contraction is common throughout central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria. It is only occasionally heard in northern Germany. ==== See also ==== simmer == Middle English == === Noun === hammer alternative form of hamer == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). ==== Alternative forms ==== hammar ==== Noun ==== hammer m (definite singular hammeren, indefinite plural hammere or hamrer, definite plural hammerne or hamrene) a hammer (tool) ===== Related terms ===== hamre (verb) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hammer m indefinite plural of ham === References === “hammer” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hammer. === Noun === hammer m (plural hammers) (frisbee) hammer == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian hamar, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈha.mər/ Rhymes: -amər Hyphenation: ham‧mer === Noun === hammer c (plural hammers, diminutive hammerke) hammer (tool, consisting of a piece of wood or iron, which is used for hitting or knocking) === References === “hammer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011