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- A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- (chiefly cricket, Australia) An instance of sledging.
- (British) any type of sled or sleigh.
- A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.
- A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
- a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
verb
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- A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
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- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- (countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (uncountable, music) Witch house music.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (informal, uncommon) Clipping of dragon.
- (countable, slang) A street.
- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- (uncountable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months.
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- something tedious and boring
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- something that slows or delays progress
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- (informal, intransitive) To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- (informal, intransitive) To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- proceed for an extended period of time
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- pull, as against a resistance
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- walk without lifting the feet
noun
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
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- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
noun
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
- (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- (colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
- (uncountable) Aircraft turbulence.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- A licence or passport that has been sealed.
- (MLE, slang) A knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- A complete shipment.
- (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
- (Internet) An IRC channel operator.
- (UK, slang) Cocaine.
- (colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- a grounder that bounces high in the air
- a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
- the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- a jaw
- a small cut of meat including part of a rib
verb
- (informal) To fly a helicopter or be flown in a helicopter.
- (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- (slang, transitive) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
- (transitive, figurative) To separate or divide.
- (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- (slang, transitive) To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine.
- (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.
- (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
- (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- To chap or crack.
- To seal a licence or passport.
- (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
- (transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
- (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- cut into pieces with repeated blows
- hit sharply
- cut with a hacking tool
- strike sharply, as in some sports
- move suddenly
- form or shape by chopping
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- a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
- insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
- A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
- (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
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- a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
- a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
- (sports) The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
- A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
- (weaponry) A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
- (music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
- (games) A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
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- (figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
- To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.
- (figuratively) To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
- To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
- be nosey
- make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- (by extension) A device used for crushing or grinding.
- (metallurgy) A machine that mixes clay and sand under a roller for use in preparing a mould for metal casting.
- A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
- A person who mulls wine or other alcoholic beverages.
- (chiefly art, pharmacy) A stone with a flat grinding surface, which is held in the hand and rubbed on a slab to grind paint pigments, medicinal powders, etc.
- a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
- a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
- a vessel in which wine is mulled
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- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
- (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
- a forward on a soccer team
- someone who hits
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
- an employee on strike against an employer
noun
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline.
- (curling) The last stone in an end.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
- (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
verb
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
- (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
- (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
- create by hammering
- beat with or as if with a hammer
noun
- A rough sled or dray used for dragging or hauling loads.
- (US, colloquial) A gadget or unspecified device, in various industries.
- A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered.
- A device, such as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions.
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- (welding) A hammer used by electric welders to knock slag off of the welded joint, sometimes having a spring handle to lessen shock to the hands.
- (military) A portable, collapsible container for liquid fuel.
- (geology) A hammer used by geologists to chop rock samples from boulders for examination.
- (computing, slang) A program that has messy source code.
- (electronics) An electronic signal that is normally high or on, but goes low for a very short period and then returns to high. A low going spike.
- Synonym of impossible trident.
- An item of unknown purpose, often unnecessary or useless or annoying.
- Anything overfull.
- (air conditioning) A container/tank for refrigerant gas.
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- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
- (botany) The fruit of the Washingtonia species.
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- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
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- A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
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- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- (countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (uncountable, music) Witch house music.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (informal, uncommon) Clipping of dragon.
- (countable, slang) A street.
- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- (uncountable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months.
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- something tedious and boring
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- something that slows or delays progress
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- (informal, intransitive) To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- (informal, intransitive) To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- proceed for an extended period of time
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- pull, as against a resistance
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- walk without lifting the feet
noun
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
adj
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
noun
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
- (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- (colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
- (uncountable) Aircraft turbulence.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- A licence or passport that has been sealed.
- (MLE, slang) A knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- A complete shipment.
- (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
- (Internet) An IRC channel operator.
- (UK, slang) Cocaine.
- (colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- a grounder that bounces high in the air
- a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
- the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- a jaw
- a small cut of meat including part of a rib
verb
- (informal) To fly a helicopter or be flown in a helicopter.
- (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- (slang, transitive) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
- (transitive, figurative) To separate or divide.
- (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- (slang, transitive) To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine.
- (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.
- (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
- (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- To chap or crack.
- To seal a licence or passport.
- (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
- (transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
- (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- cut into pieces with repeated blows
- hit sharply
- cut with a hacking tool
- strike sharply, as in some sports
- move suddenly
- form or shape by chopping
noun
verb
noun
- a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
- insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
- A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
- (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
adj
verb
noun
- a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
- a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
- (sports) The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
- A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
- (weaponry) A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
- (music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
- (games) A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
- To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.
- (figuratively) To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
- To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
- be nosey
- make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- (by extension) A device used for crushing or grinding.
- (metallurgy) A machine that mixes clay and sand under a roller for use in preparing a mould for metal casting.
- A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
- A person who mulls wine or other alcoholic beverages.
- (chiefly art, pharmacy) A stone with a flat grinding surface, which is held in the hand and rubbed on a slab to grind paint pigments, medicinal powders, etc.
- a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
- a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
- a vessel in which wine is mulled
verb
noun
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
- (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
- a forward on a soccer team
- someone who hits
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
- an employee on strike against an employer
verb
noun
- A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- (chiefly cricket, Australia) An instance of sledging.
- (British) any type of sled or sleigh.
- A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.
- A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
- a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
noun
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline.
- (curling) The last stone in an end.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
- (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
verb
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
- (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
- (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
- create by hammering
- beat with or as if with a hammer
noun
- A rough sled or dray used for dragging or hauling loads.
- (US, colloquial) A gadget or unspecified device, in various industries.
- A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered.
- A device, such as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions.
noun
- (welding) A hammer used by electric welders to knock slag off of the welded joint, sometimes having a spring handle to lessen shock to the hands.
- (military) A portable, collapsible container for liquid fuel.
- (geology) A hammer used by geologists to chop rock samples from boulders for examination.
- (computing, slang) A program that has messy source code.
- (electronics) An electronic signal that is normally high or on, but goes low for a very short period and then returns to high. A low going spike.
- Synonym of impossible trident.
- An item of unknown purpose, often unnecessary or useless or annoying.
- Anything overfull.
- (air conditioning) A container/tank for refrigerant gas.
noun
noun
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
- (botany) The fruit of the Washingtonia species.
verb
noun
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
verb
noun
- A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- (chiefly cricket, Australia) An instance of sledging.
- (British) any type of sled or sleigh.
- A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.
- A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
- a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
verb
noun
- A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
adj
noun
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline.
- (curling) The last stone in an end.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
- (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
verb
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
- (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
- (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
- create by hammering
- beat with or as if with a hammer