Hammer vs Hammier - What's the difference?
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A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
(anatomy) The malleus of the ear.
(music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
(sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
(curling) The last rock in an end.
(Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
* J. H. Newman
To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
* Dryden
(figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
(sports) To hit particularly hard.
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, date=December 28
, author=Marc Vesty
, title=Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham
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To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
(figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly
(hammy)
Resembling ham.
Amateurish; characterized by overacting.
(US, Australia, NZ, chiefly, sports, slang) a hamstring injury.
* 1999 , , Hard Yards , University of Queensland Press,
* 2000 , Mark B. Andersen, Doing Sport Psychology ,
* 2003 , John Capouya, Real Men Do Yoga: 21 Star Athletes Reveal Their Secrets for Strength, Flexibility and Peak Performance ,
* {{quote-newsgroup
, title=Good complementary exercise to cycling?
, group=aus.bicycle
, author=Andrew Swan
, date=June 10
, year=2003
, passage=I've noticed that although cycling keeps me reasonably "cardio fit", I am losing general flexibility, e.g. when touching my toes. This is despite me stretching my quads, calves, and hammies during and after my training rides.
* 2004 , J. L. Roberts, Braggin' Rights: Fantasy Football Rewind 2004 (2003 Season Recap) , AuthorHouse USA,
* {{quote-newsgroup
, title=So Cousins does a hammy
, group=aus.sport.aussie-rules
, author=Phil
, date=March 26
, year=2009
, passage=Why he went back on after 3/4 time is beyond me. If he was trying to prove a point he has all season to do that not do your hammy in the first game.
(informal, childish) A hamster.
As a verb hammer
is .As an adjective hammier is
(hammy).hammer
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(wikipedia hammer)Noun
(en noun)- St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
- He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the massive iron hammers of the whole earth.
Derived terms
* ball peen hammer * claw hammer * cross peen hammer * hammer and sickle * hammerhead * hammer toe * sledgehammer * straight peen hammer * war hammer * Warrington hammerSee also
* malletVerb
(en verb)- hammered money
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- I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
- We hammered them 5-0!
Derived terms
* (adjective) * hammerer * (verb)See also
* hammer outhammier
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Adjective
(head)hammy
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Adjective
(er)Noun
(hammies)page 129,
- He put his palms flat on the ground, then grabbed the back of his knees, stretching his hammies for the millionth time that morning.
page 96,
- A: I?m only just getting fully fit now after that hammy [hamstring tear].
page 150,
- “A move like this would have been inpossible for me before yoga,” he said. “Flexibilty-wise, I was struggling. My hammies were tight, my groin was tight. My hips have really benefited.”
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page 83,
- A slow start and hammy injury were major contributors.
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