: a hand tool consisting of a solid head set crosswise on a handle and used for pounding
: a power tool that often substitutes a metal block or a drill for the hammerhead
: something that resembles a hammer in form or action: such as
: to strike blows especially repeatedly with or as if with a hammer : pound
: to make repeated efforts
: to beat, drive, or shape with repeated blows of a hammer
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