ball-peen hammer
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Dr. DiLiberti compared it to focusing a ball-peen hammer directly onto an already-fragile bone—until the tiny hook eventually snaps off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
After pouring hot aluminum into one of her stick-shaped molds and letting it cool in a pile of dirt, a participant took a ball-peen hammer and cracked open the rough silicate mold, like a geode.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024
In Denver, it’s more like using a ball-peen hammer.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023
The pot is wheeled out to your table, where a server smashes the clay with a ball-peen hammer.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021
A ball-peen hammer hung on one of his loops.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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