hammer
Weighted striking tool
A hammer is a tool for driving nails into wood or doing other work that requires repetitive blows.
To hammer something is to pound it with a hammer.
If you hammer a person, you defeat them decisively.
When you hammer home a point, theme, or message, you express it repeatedly until it is understood.
If you hammer away at something, you work at it vigorously.
If you come home hammered, you’re drunk.
Curved animal nail
- peenHammer's secondary striking surface
- headUppermost body part
- handlePart for gripping
- gripSecure manual hold
steel · iron · ball-peen · rubber · wooden · tack · framing · roofing
Hammer-shaped hearing bone
- ossicleDiminutive skeletal element
- incusMiddle ear ossicle
- stirrupMounted rider's foot support
- eardrumInner auditory membrane
cochlea · tympanum · auditory · hearing · anvil · vibration · sound
Germanic thunder deity
- MjolnirThunder god's hammer
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
Soviet · labor · strength · power · justice · gavel · judgment · industrialism
Weight, strike, or kennel
- driveOperate a vehicle
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
whack · bang · thump · fasten · secure · embed · attach · nail
Tunable orchestral percussion
- xylophonePitched percussion with bars
- marimbaTuned bar percussion instrument
- vibraphoneMotorized resonator percussion
- glockenspielTuned metal bar percussion
dulcimer · chime · bell · beater · striker · felt · orchestral · tuned
Destroying completely
- smashBreak violently apart
- destroyCause complete ruin
- breakInterrupt continuity
- rubbleBroken building fragments
teardown · dismantle · bash · shatter · crumble · wreck · bludgeon · crush
Enclosed roofed structure
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- siteDesignated location
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- contractorHired construction professional
framework · girder · rebar · formwork · concrete · masonry · framing · roofing
claw
Curved animal nail
grip · steel · iron · ball-peen · rubber · wooden · tack · framing · roofing · dead-blow
malleus
Hammer-shaped hearing bone
eardrum · cochlea · tympanum · auditory · hearing · anvil · vibration · sound
Thor
Germanic thunder deity
blacksmith · Soviet · labor · strength · power · justice · gavel · judgment · industrialism · mythology
pound
Weight, strike, or kennel
tap · whack · bang · thump · fasten · secure · embed · attach · nail · stud
timpani
Tunable orchestral percussion
- xylophonePitched percussion with bars
- marimbaTuned bar percussion instrument
- vibraphoneMotorized resonator percussion
glockenspiel · dulcimer · chime · bell · beater · striker · felt · orchestral · tuned
wrecking
Destroying completely
rubble · teardown · dismantle · bash · shatter · crumble · wreck · bludgeon · crush · pummel
building
Enclosed roofed structure
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- siteDesignated location
- foundationUnderlying support structure
contractor · framework · girder · rebar · formwork · concrete · masonry · framing · roofing · renovation
woodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
- cabinetmakingCraft of building furniture
- woodshopWorkspace for building with lumber
chisel · plane · saw · lumber · framing · finishing · trim · molding · stud · joist
cock
Male chicken
trigger · pistol · revolver · action · mechanism · spring · spur
- constructionconstruction site, building site, building, beam, beams
- hardware storesaw, screwdriver, wrench, pliers, nails
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, drill, chisel
- construction workhardhat, helmet, toolbox, tools, saw
- garage itemsworkbench, car, shelving, tool chest, toolbox
- hand toolsscrewdriver, wrench, pliers, saw, chisel
hammerscrewdriver
Tool for turning fasteners
power drill · impact driver · hex key · Allen wrench · ratchet
- hammering homeEmphasizing through repetition
- MC HammerNineties hip-hop performer
- hammer outResolve through prolonged effort
- hammered outSettled through laborious effort
- claw hammerTwo-headed nail tool
- hammering outResolving through persistent effort
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