уда́рник — meaning in English
udarnik
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English meaning
- hammer noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
- percussionist noun A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
- piston noun A cylindrical part that slides back and forth inside a tube, used to compress fluid or transmit motion in an engine or pump.
Senses
уда́рник 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.
- percussionist A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
- piston (mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
- udarnik (historical) A shock worker; a super-productive worker in the Soviet Union and the other countries from the Soviet Bloc.
hammer — full definition
- noun A hand tool with a heavy head, used for driving nails, breaking things apart, or shaping metal.
- verb To strike something repeatedly, whether with an actual hammer, a fist, or figuratively with words.
- verb To defeat someone decisively, or to put heavy strain on a system.