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On someone's hammer is Australian and New Zealand slang for in hot pursuit of someone.
A term in reference to a gun; derived from the metal hammer discharge that ignites the explosion of gun powder thrusting the bullet out of the barrel. "Homie recognize I stays posted with them hammers."Â
v. to ride fast and hard. n. someone who hammers.
Hammer and saw is London Cockney rhyming slang for the police (law).
Hammer and nail is London Cockney rhyming slang for to follow (tail).
Limmer is Dorset slang for a painter. Limmer is Dorset slang for an artist.
Rammer is British slang for the penis.
Paddy Rammer is London Cockney rhyming slang for hammer.
Back. Ooh! Me 'ammer and tack's playing me up again.
Hammer and tack is British building rhyming slang for back.
Chammer is Dorset slang for a bedroom.
Half and halfer is British slang for a bisexual.
In a noisy, furious manner. "They went at it hammer and tongs.â€
Yammer is slang for to complain, to wail. Yammer is slang for to talk insistently.
Hummer is Black−American slang for a small error; also getting something free
John Selwyn Gummer is London Cockney rhyming slang for an unlucky or unpleasant experience(bummer).
Hammer and discus is London Cockney rhyming slang for facial hair (whiskers).
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v. t.
To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.
n.
The yellow-hammer.
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A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
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Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
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Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.
n.
A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.
v. t.
To put in a hamper.
v. t.
To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.
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A chamber pot.
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Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.
v. t.
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
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A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.
imp. & p. p.
of Hammer
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One who works with a hammer.
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An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity
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See Hawser.
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Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer
v. i.
To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.
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