Definition of hammers

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • hammers is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • hammers is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • hammers is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15

Definition of hammers


  • a power tool for drilling rocks (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. power hammer
  • the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) (noun)

    Examples

    1. the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard

    Synonyms

    1. hammering
    2. pound
    3. pounding
  • the ossicle attached to the eardrum (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. malleus
  • a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. mallet
  • the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cock
  • create by hammering (verb)

    Examples

    1. hammer the silver into a bowl

    Synonyms

    1. forge
  • a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking (noun)
  • a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw (noun)
  • a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate (noun)
  • beat with or as if with a hammer (verb)

    Examples

    1. hammer the metal flat

See definition of hammers in Merriam Webster