Synonyms of the word

malleus

• n. (anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
• n. (ichthyology) The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).
• n. (zoology) One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers.

hammer

• n. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
• n. A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
• n. (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
• n. (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
• n. (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
• n. (curling) The last rock in an end.
• n. (Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip…
• n. Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
• n. One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
• v. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
• v. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
• v. (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
• v. (sports) To hit particularly hard.
• v. (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
• v. (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.