percussore — meaning in English

English meaning

• hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
• tumbler noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.

Senses

percussore is used for these senses in English:

• firing pin (firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.
• hammer (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
• tumbler A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.

hammer — full definition

1. noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
2. verb To strike something repeatedly, whether with an actual hammer, a fist, or figuratively with words.
3. verb To defeat someone decisively, or to put heavy strain on a system.

tumbler — full definition

1. noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.
2. noun A moving part inside a lock that must be aligned by the correct key before the bolt will open.

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