hammer
71hammer — [OE] Hammer is part of a widespread Germanic word family, including also German and Danish hammer, Dutch hamer, and Swedish hammar. The ancestor of the Scandinavian forms, Old Norse hamarr, meant ‘stone crag’ as well as ‘hammer’. This and… …
72hammer — / hæmə/ noun ♦ to go under the hammer to be sold by auction ♦ all the stock went under the hammer all the stock was sold by auction ■ verb to hit hard ♦ to hammer the competition to attack and defeat the competition ♦ to hammer prices to reduce… …
73hammer — [OE] Hammer is part of a widespread Germanic word family, including also German and Danish hammer, Dutch hamer, and Swedish hammar. The ancestor of the Scandinavian forms, Old Norse hamarr, meant ‘stone crag’ as well as ‘hammer’. This and… …
74Hammer — A price pattern in candlestick charting that occurs when a security trades significantly lower than its opening, but rallies later in the day to close either above or close to its opening price. This pattern forms a hammer shaped candlestick. A… …
75Hammer — Recorded as Hamer, Hammer, Hamor, and Hammor, this is a pre medieval English surname. It has two possible origins. The first is locational from the village of Hamer, near Rochdale, in the county of Lancashire. The derivation is from the Olde… …
76hammer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strike, beat, drum, pound, ram. n. mallet, gavel, sledge. See impulse, repetition, instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. maul, mallet, mace, club, gavel, sledge, peen, rammer, ram, flatter, nailer* …
77Hammer — Hammerm 1.schwereGranate;Luftmine.SieschlägtwieeinschwererHammerein.Sold1939ff;auchziv. 2.Schreckensnachricht.1960ff. 3.Penis.HammerundAmboßalsMetapherderZusammengehörigkeit.1900ff. 4.dasUnüberbietbare,Eindrucksvollste;sehrhervorragendeSache;Erfol… …
78hammer — 1. to declare a defaulter London Stock Exchange jargon, from the hammering to gain silence in which to make the announcement on the once noisy and crowded trading floor. 2. a philanderer The common male violent imagery: I used to… …
79hammer — [ˈhæmə] noun [C] I a tool used for hitting nails into wood. It consists of a handle and a heavy metal top. II verb [I/T] hammer [ˈhæmə] 1) to hit something with a hammer 2) to hit something hard, or to hit it many times • hammer sth out …
80Hammer — der Hammer, (Grundstufe) ein Werkzeug, mit dem man einen Nagel einschlagen kann Beispiel: Der Richter klopfte mit dem Hammer auf den Tisch. Kollokation: einen Schlag mit dem Hammer bekommen …
