| hammer | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammering, pound, pounding |
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| (noun) a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking | - |
| (noun) a power tool for drilling rocks | Synonyms: power hammer |
| (noun) a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate | - |
| (noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. | Synonyms: mallet |
| (noun) the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled | Synonyms: cock |
| (noun) a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw | - |
| (noun) the ossicle attached to the eardrum | Synonyms: malleus |
| hammerhead | (noun) medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous | Synonyms: hammerhead shark |
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| (noun) the striking part of a hammer | - |
| (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
| hammering | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, pound, pounding |
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| hammerlock | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back | - |
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| hammertoe | (noun) a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch | - |
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| hamming | (noun) poor acting by a ham actor | Synonyms: overacting |
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| hammock | (noun) a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily | Synonyms: sack |
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| (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hillock, hummock, knoll, mound |