Antonyms for hammer
ˈhæm ərham·mer

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1. • Auditory Ossicle
   • Beat
   • Drumstick
   • Hand Tool
   • Power Tool
   • Sports Equipment
   • Striker

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1. hammer, cocknoun

   the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

   Synonyms:
   pounding, rooster, shaft, prick, power hammer, turncock, tool, peter, pound, mallet, hammering, dick, stopcock, malleus, putz, pecker, cock

2. hammernoun

   a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

   Synonyms:
   cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

3. malleus, hammernoun

   the ossicle attached to the eardrum

   Synonyms:
   power hammer, pound, cock, pounding, mallet, malleus, hammering

4. mallet, hammernoun

   a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

   Synonyms:
   power hammer, pound, cock, pounding, mallet, malleus, beetle, hammering

5. hammernoun

   a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

   Synonyms:
   cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

6. hammernoun

   a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

   Synonyms:
   cock, hammering, power hammer, pound, mallet, malleus, pounding

7. hammer, power hammernoun

   a power tool for drilling rocks

   Synonyms:
   pounding, pound, cock, malleus, power hammer, mallet, hammering

8. hammer, pound, hammering, poundingverb

   the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

   "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

   Synonyms:
   quid, lbf., dog pound, pounding, buffeting, throbbing, power hammer, malleus, throb, pound, mallet, hammering, pound sign, pound sterling, punt, cock, lb

9. hammerverb

   beat with or as if with a hammer

   "hammer the metal flat"

   Synonyms:
   forge

10. forge, hammerverb

    create by hammering

    "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"

    Synonyms:
    form, fake, mould, spirt, excogitate, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, invent, contrive, forge, fashion, formulate, spurt

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1. hammernoun

   Synonyms:
   sledge, sledge-hammer, maul, mallet, beetle, gavel, kevel, crandall, marteline

   Associated words:
   peen, hephestic, poll

2. hammerverb

   Synonyms:
   beat, forge, malleate, beetle

How to use hammer in a sentence?

1. George R.R. Martin:

   You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.

2. Publilius Syrus:

   You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

3. Dave Barry:

   What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.

4. Abraham Maslow:

   To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

5. Former US Rep. Joe Walsh:

   Our founding fathers understood this clearly and that's why they wrote the Second Amendment the way they did -- that that right will not be infringed. whether he had a gun, a hammer, a bomb, whether he drove a pickup truck through the window of a classroom... He's responsible for that act, not the gun, not the hammer and not the pickup truck.

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