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.

Examples of the hammer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The vandal approaches the statue, pulls the hammer from his pants pocket and strikes the Virgin Mary’s likeness one time. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026

But with thousands of near-Earth objects still unmapped in the darkness of space, scientists are building the hammer before the nail appears. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

The left's most hated author — JK Rowling — has dropped the hammer on the disgusting things that took place at the Indiana Fever-Seattle Storm game earlier this week. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

By February, 2024, there were hints that the hammer might, in fact, come down. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Rhymes for the hammer

• programmer
• sledgehammer
• tetramer
• amor
• clamor
• clamour
• glamor
• glamour
• grammar
• jammer
• rammer
• stammer