hammer
The act of using a hammer to hit something.
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You know the old saying about “when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”? Well, when all you have is an unfounded persecution complex…
NASA's next big astrophysics mission won't launch for quite a while, but we're already working on it! While people like LASP's own Dr. Kevin France hammer out the technology needed to do the HWO's science, take a list…
The gong is my favorite part of Maxwell's Silver Hammer omg
*sigh* When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem becomes a nail. Looks like the RBA want to trigger a recession to drive up unemployment, in order to reduce inflation.
About 10 minutes into this and they basically say "Larry King would have been beaten to death with hammer(fists)." www.youtube.com/watch?v=slKO...
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The act of using a hammer to hit something.
Men shove statues off pedestals, and use hammers and drills to destroy what’s left.
“*sigh* When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem becomes a nail. Looks like the RBA want to trigger a recession to drive up unemployment, in order to reduce inflation.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“About 10 minutes into this and they basically say "Larry King would have been beaten to death with hammer(fists)." www.youtube.com/watch?v=slKO...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I got the wrong one, entomology is the bug one etymology is the word one. Dyslexia is the nail and my stupidity is the hammer but life just goes on i think”
— Bluesky· May 2026“About 10 minutes into this and they basically say "Larry King wouldn't have been beaten to death with hammer(fists). www.youtube.com/watch?v=slKO...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“>> Yeah. Yeah. That's MC Hammer.”
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A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.
Hammer means: A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
hammer means: A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“>> Yeah. Yeah. That's MC Hammer.”
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(anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.
“You know the old saying about “when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”? Well, when all you have is an unfounded persecution complex…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“NASA's next big astrophysics mission won't launch for quite a while, but we're already working on it! While people like LASP's own Dr. Kevin France hammer out the technology needed to do the HWO's science, take a listen to this story to learn more about the mission.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The gong is my favorite part of Maxwell's Silver Hammer omg”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Bluesky mods when someone calls for eradication of all trans people: I sleep Bluesky mods when you lightly criticize them: banned for a thousand years and we smash your genitals with a hammer”
— Bluesky· May 2026“YT-2400 Light Freighter Mostly based on the look of the Sato's Hammer from Star Wars: Rebels, but with some design cues taken from the original and from E.C. Henry's interpretation. #starwars #starwarsships #starwarslegends #starwarsrebels #blender #blender3d #blenderrender”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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