HAMMER


Meaning of HAMMER in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

A ~ is a tool that consists of a heavy piece of metal at the end of a handle. It is used, for example, to hit nails into a piece of wood or a wall, or to break things into pieces.

He used a ~ and chisel to chip away at the wall.

N-COUNT

2.

If you ~ an object such as a nail, you hit it with a ~.

To avoid damaging the tree, ~ a wooden peg into the hole...

Builders were still ~ing outside the window.

VERB: V n prep/adv, V, also V n

Hammer in means the same as ~ .

The workers kneel on the ground and ~ the small stones in.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)

~ing

The noise of ~ing was dulled by the secondary glazing.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

If you ~ on a surface, you hit it several times in order to make a noise, or to emphasize something you are saying when you are angry.

We had to ~ and shout before they would open up...

A crowd of reporters was ~ing on the door...

He ~ed his two clenched fists on the table.

= pound

VERB: V, V on n, V n on n

~ing

As he said it, there was a ~ing outside.

N-SING

4.

If you ~ something such as an idea into people or you ~ at it, you keep repeating it forcefully so that it will have an effect on people.

He ~ed it into me that I had not suddenly become a rotten goalkeeper...

Recent advertising campaigns from the industry have ~ed at these themes.

VERB: V n into n, V at n

5.

If you say that someone ~s another person, you mean that they attack, criticize, or punish the other person severely. (mainly BRIT)

The report ~s the private motorist...

VERB: V n

~ing

Parents have taken a terrible ~ing.

N-SING

6.

If you say that businesses are being ~ed, you mean that they are being unfairly harmed, for example by a change in taxes or by bad economic conditions. (BRIT)

The company has been ~ed by the downturn in the construction and motor industries.

V-PASSIVE: be V-ed

7.

In sports, if you say that one player or team ~ed another, you mean that the first player or team defeated the second completely and easily. (BRIT JOURNALISM)

He ~ed the young Austrian player in four straight sets.

= thrash

VERB: V n

~ing

Our cricketers are suffering their ritual ~ing at the hands of the Aussies.

= thrashing

N-SING

8.

In athletics, a ~ is a heavy weight on a piece of wire, which the athlete throws as far as possible.

N-COUNT

The ~ also refers to the sport of throwing the ~.

N-SING: the N

9.

If you say that someone was going at something ~ and tongs, you mean that they were doing it with great enthusiasm or energy.

He loved gardening. He went at it ~ and tongs as soon as he got back from work...

PHRASE: PHR after v

10.

If you say that something goes, comes, or is under the ~, you mean that it is going to be sold at an auction.

Ian Fleming’s original unpublished notes are to go under the ~ at London auctioneers Sotheby’s.

PHRASE: PHR after v

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