hammer

noun [C] (SPORT)

/ˈhæm.ər/

/-ɚ/

Definition

› a heavy metal ball attached to a chain that is thrown as part of a sports event the hammer › the event or sport in which a hammer is thrown as far as possible: She qualified for the women's hammer final.

(Definition of hammer noun (SPORT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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hammer sth in, at hammer sth into sb phrasal verb
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be/go at it hammer and tongs idiom
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