hammer

'hæmə 1. noun

1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) hammer

2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) hammer

3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) slegge

2. verb

1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) banke, slå, hamre

2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) banke inn

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- give someone a hammering

- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out

hamre

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slegge

I

subst. \/ˈhæmə\/

1) hammer, slegge

• steak hammer

kjøttklubbe

2) (anatomi) hammer

3) (piano) hammer

4) auksjonshammer

5) (sport) slegge

6) (på gevær) hane

bring something to the hammer la noe komme under hammeren (selge noe på auksjon)

come\/go under the hammer komme under hammeren, bli solgt på auksjon

go at it hammer and tongs (hverdagslig) arbeide så det står etter, gå på med krum hals

hammer and sickle hammer og sigd

throw the hammer eller throwing the hammer

forklaring: sleggekast som konkurransegren

II

verb \/ˈhæmə\/

1) (med hammer) hamre, spikre

• hammer a nail home

slå inn en spiker

2) slå, banke, dunke, hamre

• hammer at the door

• he hammered his fist on the table

han slo i bordet

3) (også hammer out) hamre ut, banke flatt

4) (overført, også hammer out) utarbeide (med stort besvær), utforme, diskutere utførlig, gjennomdrøfte

5) (hverdagslig, i spill e.l.) banke, slå

6) angripe hardt, kritisere sterkt

7) (handel, hverdagslig) forklaring: erklære noen for insolvent (ikke betalingsdyktig, konkurs)

hammer (away) at arbeide iherdig med, slite med

hammer something into someone's head banke noe inn i hodet på noen

hammer the truth home banke inn sannheten

hammer up eller hammer down utarbeide