n.
1.the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
2.a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle
3.an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible
4.the ossicle attached to the eardrum
5.a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire
6.a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
7.a power tool for drilling rocks
8.the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) hammer v.
1.beat with or as if with a hammer
2.create by hammering
Idiom of the Day
make a fool out of (someone)
to make someone look foolish
The secretary made a fool out of her boss when she criticized him at the meeting.
