the hammer

noun

: an event in which people compete by throwing a hammer (a metal sphere attached to a flexible handle) for distance

He won a gold medal in the hammer.

Examples of the hammer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The man attacks the woman with the hammer multiple times before stepping over her unmoving body and walking away out of the frame of the camera. —Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2026

In security camera footage of her killing posted on the Department of Homeland Security’s X feed, the man can be seen repeatedly slamming the hammer into a black vehicle parked in front of the gas station. —Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Mikko Rantanen brought the hammer from the right circle and scored some insane redirect goals near the side of the net. —Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026

After the first shot, recoil would drive the slide back and automatically recock the hammer. —Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the hammer

• programmer
• sledgehammer
• tetramer
• amor
• clamor
• clamour
• glamor
• glamour
• grammar
• jammer
• rammer
• stammer