the hammer
noun
: an event in which people compete by throwing a hammer (a metal sphere attached to a flexible handle) for distance
He won a gold medal in the hammer.
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The three works from the famed Austrian painter, all of which are hitting the block for the first time, will go under the hammer at a Sotheby’s sale this month.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2025
There are a lot of very complicated efforts by these individuals to shield one another, essentially, from the hammer falling on their their head.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
And any school or school district that does try to discriminate, that man right there will probably first send you a nasty gram and then drop the hammer.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Will Indiana put the hammer down and snap UCLA back to reality?
—Jordan Mendoza, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2025
There are a lot of very complicated efforts by these individuals to shield one another, essentially, from the hammer falling on their their head.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
And any school or school district that does try to discriminate, that man right there will probably first send you a nasty gram and then drop the hammer.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Will Indiana put the hammer down and snap UCLA back to reality?
—Jordan Mendoza, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the hammer
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“The hammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20hammer. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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