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

synonym: cock.

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, caloric engine, heat engine.    gear; tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances; plant, materiel; harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments; barde^†; equipment, equipmentage^†; appointments, furniture, upholstery; chattels; paraphernalia etc. (belongings) 780.    mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow, crowbar; handspike^†, gavelock^†, jemmy^†, jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal; capstan etc. (lift) 307; wheel etc. (rotation) 312; inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring, mainspring; can hook, glut, heald^†, heddle^†, jenny, parbuckle^†, sprag^†, water wheel.    handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker.    hammer etc. (impulse) 276; edge tool etc. (cut) 253; borer etc. 262; vice, teeth, etc. (hold) 781; nail, rope etc. (join) 45; peg etc. (hang) 214; support etc. 215; spoon etc. (vehicle) 272; arms etc. 727; oar etc. (navigation) 267; cardiograph, recapper^†, snowplow, tenpenny^†, votograph^†.    ... show more

Dutch: doffer, haan
Polish: kurek

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

Dutch: vuisthamer, vuist, hamer
Polish: młot

The ossicle attached to the eardrum.

synonym: malleus.

Dutch: hamer
Polish: młoteczek

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

synonym: mallet.

Roget 276: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion^†, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; explosion etc. (violence) 173; propulsion etc. 284.    percussion, concussion, collision, occursion^†, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole^†, appulse^†, shock, crash, bump; impact; elan; charge etc. (attack) 716; beating etc. (punishment) 972.    blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff etc. 972; squash, dowse, swap, whap^†, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce^†, calcitration^†; ruade^†; arietation^†; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk^†; carom, carrom^†, clip [Slang], jab, plug [Slang], sidewinder [U.S.], sidewipe^†, sideswipe [U.S.].    hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail; ram, rammer^†; battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat; cant hook; cudgel etc. (weapon) 727; ax etc. (sharp) 253.    [Science of mechanical forces] dynamics; seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector.    ... show more

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

Polish: młot

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

A power tool for drilling rocks.

synonym: power hammer.

Dutch: hamer
Polish: młot

The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows):
— The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard.

synonyms: hammering, pound, pounding.

Beat with or as if with a hammer.

Roget 583: stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate^†, balbucinate^†, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together.    mumble, mutter; maud^†, mauder^†; whisper etc. 405; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump^†; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay^†.    ... show more

Roget 104: repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize^†, hammer, redouble.    recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse [Comp.]; renew etc. (restore) 660.    rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp on the same string; din in the ear, drum in the ear; conjugate in all its moods tenses and conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions^†, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of; resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.    ... show more

Dutch: hameren

Create by hammering:
— Hammer the silver into a bowl.

synonym: forge.

Dutch: smeden