martinete — meaning in English
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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.
Senses
martinete is used for these senses in English:
- hammer (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- night heron Any of the nocturnal species of herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.
- pile driver A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam.
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.