hack hammer

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noun

an adzlike tool for dressing stone.

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Origin of hack hammer

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby hack hammer

hackbut, Hackensack, hacker, hackery, hackette, hack hammer, hack house, hackie, hacking, hacking jacket, hackle

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How to use hack hammer in a sentence

The debate over who really pulled off the Sony hack, then, could continue indefinitely.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Another set of hackers that goes by the name the Lizard Squad told the Washington Post that they helped with the Sony hack.
U.S. Spies Say They Tracked ‘Sony Hackers’ For Years|Shane Harris|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Bureau keeps publicly condemning Pyongyang for the Sony hack.
FBI Won’t Stop Blaming North Korea for Sony Hack -- Despite New Evidence|Shane Harris|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And U.S. lawmakers are pushing to involve China in any retaliation against the Sony hack.
Obama Could Hit China to Punish North Korea|Shane Harris, Tim Mak|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

According to reports on Friday, the FBI has determinedthat North Korea was behind the hack.
Hackers: Sony ‘Very Wise’ to Pull Film|The Daily Beast|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
With a hammer the boy knocked off some of the slats of the small box in which Squinty had made his journey.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
I suppose the hammer falls back more slowly from the string, and that makes the tone sing longer.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
He was ready to drop when he reached it, and his heart beat like a hammer against his ribs.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
And then the Monitor's deafening hammer sounded again, and after that, silence.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hack hammer

hack hammer

noun

an adzelike tool, used for dressing stone

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