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1. hammer, cock -- (the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled).
2. hammer -- (a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking).
3. hammer, hammer throw -- (an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible).
4. malleus, hammer -- (the ossicle attached to the eardrum).
5. hammer -- (a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw).
6. hammer -- (a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate).
7. hammer, power hammer -- (a power tool for drilling rocks).
8. hammer, pound, hammering, pounding -- (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway").

1. hammer -- (beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat").
2. forge, hammer -- (create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues").

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