the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing |
a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking | a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. |
a power tool for drilling rocks | a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball |
a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate | |
a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. | |
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled | |
a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw | |
the ossicle attached to the eardrum | |