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• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

  synonym	hammeringpoundpounding
  hypernym	blow

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

  hypernym	hand tool
  hyponym	ball-peen hammerbeetlebricklayer's hammercarpenter's hammerclaw hammerclawhammermalletmaulpercussorplessorplexorsledgesledgehammertack hammer
  mero part	hammerheadhead

• a power tool for drilling rocks

  synonym	power hammer
  hypernym	power tool
  hyponym	air hammerelectric hammerjackhammerpiling hammerpneumatic hammertriphammer

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

  holo part	piano action
  hypernym	striker

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

  synonym	mallet
  holo part	percussion instrumentpercussive instrument
  hypernym	drumstick

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

  synonym	cock
  holo part	firing mechanismgunlock
  hypernym	striker

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

  hypernym

  sports equipment

• the ossicle attached to the eardrum

  synonym	malleus
  holo part	middle eartympanic cavitytympanum
  hypernym	auditory ossicle

• beat with or as if with a hammer

  derivation	hammering
  hypernym	beat
  hyponym	sledgesledgehammer
  similar	forgehammer

• create by hammering

  synonym	forge
  hypernym	beat
  hyponym	dropforgefoliate
  similar	hammer