Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hammer
Participle: hammered
Gerund: hammering
Indicative
Present
| I | hammer |
| you | hammer |
| he;she;it | hammers |
| we | hammer |
| you | hammer |
| they | hammer |
Perfect
| I | have hammered |
| you | have hammered |
| he;she;it | has hammered |
| we | have hammered |
| you | have hammered |
| they | have hammered |
Past
| I | hammered |
| you | hammered |
| he;she;it | hammered |
| we | hammered |
| you | hammered |
| they | hammered |
Pluperfect
| I | had hammered |
| you | had hammered |
| he;she;it | had hammered |
| we | had hammered |
| you | had hammered |
| they | had hammered |
Future
| I | will hammer |
| you | will hammer |
| he;she;it | will hammer |
| we | will hammer |
| you | will hammer |
| they | will hammer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hammered |
| you | will have hammered |
| he;she;it | will have hammered |
| we | will have hammered |
| you | will have hammered |
| they | will have hammered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hammer |
| you | hammer |
| he;she;it | hammer |
| we | hammer |
| you | hammer |
| they | hammer |
Perfect
| I | have hammered |
| you | have hammered |
| he;she;it | have hammered |
| we | have hammered |
| you | have hammered |
| they | have hammered |
Imperfect
| I | hammered |
| you | hammered |
| he;she;it | hammered |
| we | hammered |
| you | hammered |
| they | hammered |
Pluperfect
| I | had hammered |
| you | had hammered |
| he;she;it | had hammered |
| we | had hammered |
| you | had hammered |
| they | had hammered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hammer |
| you | would hammer |
| he;she;it | would hammer |
| we | would hammer |
| you | would hammer |
| they | would hammer |
Perfect
| I | would have hammered |
| you | would have hammered |
| he;she;it | would have hammered |
| we | would have hammered |
| you | would have hammered |
| they | would have hammered |
Imperative
| you | hammer |
| we | Let's hammer |
| you | hammer |
Verbs conjugated like 'hammer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hammer'
hamper,
mammer,
yammer,
amber,
camber,
chamber,
chamfer,
halter,
hamel,
hamster,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to administer a physical blow
- bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
Additional Information
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *hamaraz
3. Proto-West Germanic *hamar
4. Old English hamor
5. Middle English hamer
6. English hammer
7. From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion.
8. (declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet. See: Swedish '
hammare'.
Verbs referencing "hammer"
Maori hama, German, old spelling
hämmern.
Sample Sentences
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[...] myself, than by any printed news that I have ever read in my present state of existence. Thus, the vigour and perseverance with which I have for some months past been collecting materials for, and hammering away at, a new book on America has much astonished me; seeing that all that time my declaration has been perfectly well known to my publishers on both sides of the Atlantic, that no consideration on [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)