Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hammer out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: ham-mer out
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flatten and shape (metal) by hammering.

Transitive verb

verb

To create (something) by hammering metal; to repair (something made of metal that has become bent or dented) by hammering.

Transitive verb

verb

To remove (something tightly in place) by hammering.

Transitive verb

verb

To produce (a sound or signal) by hammering.

Transitive verb

verb

To type (something) on a keyboard.

Transitive verb

verb

To create or develop (an idea, plan, piece of writing, etc.) with effort.

Transitive verb

verb

To come to (a difficult agreement or settlement) after much arguing and conflict.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"A smith hammers out iron on an anvil."
"[Copper] is pretty ductile, bearing to be rolled or hammered out to a very thin plate, and also to be drawn out to a fine wire."
"As the goldsmith hammers out his savage metal, / So is the infant axial to the dance."
"I watched a tinsmith hammer out a funnel."
"The fender was so badly damaged that it couldn’t be hammered out."
"[…] some still unemptied cup / That he, when frenzy stirred his thewes, / Had hammered out on mountain top / To hold the sacred stuff he brews"

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

hammers out (present, singular) hammering out (participle, present) hammered out (participle, past) hammered out (past)

Synonyms

thrash out

Questions

What does hammer out mean?: To flatten and shape (metal) by hammering.

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