Hammer (firearm) definition

(1) The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

"The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"

"The pounding of feet on the hallway"

(2) A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

(3) A power tool for drilling rocks

(4) A striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

(5) The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

(6) A heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

(7) The ossicle attached to the eardrum

(8) Beat with or as if with a hammer

"Hammer the metal flat"

(9) Create by hammering

"Hammer the silver into a bowl"

"Forge a pair of tongues"