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.

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DeFoor eventually dropped the hammer and tried to escape on foot but was caught and detained by Secret Service agents and Cincinnati police officers, the office said. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 The victim was knocked unconscious and collapsed on the ground, where Morales struck him with the hammer one or two more times. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 The vandal approaches the statue, pulls the hammer from his pants pocket and strikes the Virgin Mary’s likeness one time. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 But with thousands of near-Earth objects still unmapped in the darkness of space, scientists are building the hammer before the nail appears. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the hammer

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“The hammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20hammer. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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