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hammer
[ ham-er ]
/ ˈhæm ər /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Idioms about hammer
under the hammer, for sale at public auction: The old estate and all its furnishings went under the hammer.
Origin of hammer
First recorded before 1000; Middle English hamer, Old English hamor; cognate with German Hammer “hammer,” Old Norse hamarr “hammer, crag”; originally, a stone weapon; probably akin to Russian kámen' “stone”
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Hammer
[ ham-er ]
/ ˈhæm ər /
noun
Armand, 1898–1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
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British Dictionary definitions for hammer
hammer
/ (ˈhæmə) /
noun
verb
See also hammer out
Derived forms of hammer
hammerer, nounhammer-like, adjectiveWord Origin for hammer
Old English hamor; related to Old Norse hamarr crag, Old High German hamar hammer, Old Slavonic kamy stone
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