the hammer

noun

: an event in which people compete by throwing a hammer (a metal sphere attached to a flexible handle) for distance

He won a gold medal in the hammer.

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The revolver was in a holster that didn’t have a strap over the hammer. —

Brie Stimson, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024 The porcelain jars were part of a German family collection for more than a century before going under the hammer today. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024 The pendant went under the hammer during the Royal and Noble collection sale and fetched a whopping £163,800 (about $200,000), which was more than double its pre-auction estimate. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024 His second season was doomed from the start, with Blatt struggling to gain James’ support, a midseason slide bringing the hammer fewer than three months in, and then-Cavs assistant Tyronn Lue taking the reins from there en route to the 2016 title. —

Sam Amick, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the hammer