hammer [countable]
1
tool
a) a tool with a heavy metal part on a long handle, used for
hitting nails into wood
b) a tool like this with a wooden head used to make something flat,
make a noise etc:
an auctioneer's hammer
2
come/go
under the hammer
to be offered for sale at an auction
3
hammer
blow
British English an event that damages something very seriously
hammer blow for
The decision is a hammer blow for the coal
industry.
4
hammer
and tongs
informal
a) 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
gun
the part of a gun that hits the explosive charge that fires a bullet
6
sport
a heavy metal ball on a wire with a handle at the end, which you throw
as far as possible as a sport
7
piano
a wooden part of a piano that hits the strings inside to make a musical
sound
Definition from the Longman Dictionary
of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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