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1. a tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails.

金づち, つち, ハンマー

a machine with a metal block for giving a heavy blow to something.

an auctioneer's mallet for indicating by a sharp tap that an article is sold.

(議長･裁判官･競売人の)木づち

a part of a mechanism that hits another part to make it work, such as one exploding the charge in a gun or one striking the strings of a piano.

(銃の)撃鉄, 打ち金;〘楽〙 (ピアノの)ハンマー; (木琴の)打棒; (ベル･時計･ゴングの)打ち子

2. a metal ball, typically weighing 16 pounds (7.3 kg), attached to a wire for throwing in an athletic contest.

〘スポーツ〙 (陸上競技用の)ハンマー

(the hammer) the sport of throwing a metal ball attached to a wire.

〖the ～〗 ハンマー投げ

3. another term for malleus.

〘解剖〙 (中耳の)槌骨（つちこつ）

verb with object

1. hit or beat (something) with a hammer or similar object:

〈物〉を金づちでたたく

e.g. they are made by heating and hammering pieces of iron.

no object strike or knock at or on something violently with one's hand or with a hammer or other object:

«…を» 金づちでたたく, ドンドンたたく(away) «against, on, at»

e.g. she hammered on his door.

no object (hammer away) work hard and persistently:

Aを一生懸命［こつこつと］やる

e.g. for six months I have been hammering away at a plot.

with object drive or secure (something) by striking with or as if with a hammer:

【物に】〈くぎなど〉を打ち込む(in) «into»;〈箱のふたなど〉を打ち付ける(down, up); 〈物〉をつちで打って作る(together); 〖～ A B/A into B〗 AをたたいてB〈状態〉にする (!Bは前者は〖形容詞〗, 後者は〖名詞〗)

e.g. he hammered the tack in

e.g. he was hammering leather soles onto a pair of small boots.

(hammer something in/into) instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) forcefully or repeatedly:

【人の頭などに】〈言葉･考えなど〉をたたき込む(in) «into»

e.g. the “diversity is good” message is hammered into them.

2. informal attack or criticize forcefully and relentlessly:

｟主に英･くだけて｠ 〈敵･相手〉を激しく攻撃［非難］する

e.g. he got hammered for an honest mistake.

utterly defeat in a game or contest:

｟英･くだけて/報道｠ 〈試合の相手など〉を一方的にやっつける(thrash); …に打撃を与える

e.g. they hammered St. Louis 6–0.

be sold at an auction.

informal energetically, enthusiastically, or with great vehemence:

e.g. all the way to the bottom, Larry could hear them clanging away, hammer and tongs.

see home.

1. make something by shaping metal with a hammer.

2. laboriously work out the details of a plan or agreement:

e.g. a deal was being hammered out with the Dutch museums.

3. play a tune loudly or clumsily, especially on the piano.

hammerless |ˈhamərləs| adjective

hammerer noun

Old English hamor, hamer, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch hamer, German Hammer, and Old Norse hamarr ‘rock’. The original sense was probably ‘stone tool’.