Definitions
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Word origin
From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion.
Used in a sentence
“Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.”
“Men shove statues off pedestals, and use hammers and drills to destroy what’s left.”
“The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Nail-driving tool”6 letters
02“Tool for nails”6 letters
03“Tool swung at nails”6 letters
04“Tool used with nails”6 letters
05“Tool for pounding”6 letters
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