Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hammerhead

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: ham-mer-head
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).

noun

Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:

noun

Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:

noun

Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:

noun

Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:

noun

A stupid person, a dunce.

Slang

noun

A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.

noun

A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.

Example Sentences

"Holonym: hammer"
"Meronym: hammer face"
"[The butler] joined us with a telegram for Bobbie on a salver. From her mother, I presumed, calling me some name which she had forgotten to insert in previous communications. Or, of course, possibly expressing once more her conviction that I was a guffin, which, I thought, having had time to ponder over it, would be something in the nature of a bohunkus or a hammerhead."

Etymology

From hammer + head.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

hammerheads (plural)

Phrases

hammer-headed hammerhead ribozyme hammerhead turn

Frequently Paired Words

hammerkop hammerhead ribozyme hammerhead turn handle haft helve

Synonyms

hammerhead shark hammer fish balance fish dunce dunderhead numskull blockhead bonehead lunkhead knucklehead loggerhead muttonhead

Questions

What does hammerhead mean?: The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
Where does hammerhead come from?: From hammer + head.

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