hammer

1. is a type of: striker - the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
   is a part of: firing mechanism, gunlock - the action that ignites the charge in a firearm
   same as: cock
2. is a type of: hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
   subtypes:

   • ball-peen hammer - a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal
   • bricklayer's hammer - a hammer used in laying bricks
   • carpenter's hammer, claw hammer, clawhammer - a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
   • beetle, mallet - 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
   • maul, sledge, sledgehammer - a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
   • percussor, plessor, plexor - (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
   • tack hammer - a light hammer that is used to drive tacks
   has:

   • hammerhead - the striking part of a hammer
   • head - the striking part of a tool
3. is a type of: auditory ossicle - ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear
   is a part of: middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum - the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
   same as: malleus
4. is a type of: drumstick - a stick used for playing a drum
   is a part of: percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
   same as: mallet
5. is a type of: sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
6. is a type of: striker - the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
   is a part of: piano action - action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed
7. is a type of: power tool - a tool driven by a motor
   subtypes:

   • air hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic hammer - a hammer driven by compressed air
   • electric hammer - a hammer driven by electric motor
   • triphammer - a massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity
   same as: power hammer
8. is a type of: blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
   same as: hammering, pound, pounding

1. is a type of: beat - hit repeatedly
   subtypes: sledge, sledgehammer - beat with a sledgehammer
   verb group: forge, hammer - create by hammering
2. is a type of: beat - shape by beating
   subtypes:

   • foliate - hammer into thin flat foils
   • dropforge - forge with a dropforge
   same as: forge
   verb group: hammer - beat with or as if with a hammer

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