Hammerhead

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped)..

Definitions by Sense

1. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
2. (zoology) Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
3. (slang) A stupid person, a dunce.
4. A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.
5. (biology) A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.

Example Sentences

Holonym: hammer

Meronym: hammer face

[The butler] joined us with a telegram for Bobbie on a salver. From her mother, I presumed, calling me some name which she had forgotten to insert in previous communications. Or, of course, possibly expressing once more her conviction that I was a guffin, which, I thought, having had time to ponder over it, would be something in the nature of a bohunkus or a hammerhead.

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• hammerheads

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