Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hammer sth out
Participle: hammered sth out
Gerund: hammering sth out
Indicative
Present
| I | hammer sth out |
| you | hammer sth out |
| he;she;it | hammers sth out |
| we | hammer sth out |
| you | hammer sth out |
| they | hammer sth out |
Perfect
| I | have hammered sth out |
| you | have hammered sth out |
| he;she;it | has hammered sth out |
| we | have hammered sth out |
| you | have hammered sth out |
| they | have hammered sth out |
Past
| I | hammered sth out |
| you | hammered sth out |
| he;she;it | hammered sth out |
| we | hammered sth out |
| you | hammered sth out |
| they | hammered sth out |
Pluperfect
| I | had hammered sth out |
| you | had hammered sth out |
| he;she;it | had hammered sth out |
| we | had hammered sth out |
| you | had hammered sth out |
| they | had hammered sth out |
Future
| I | will hammer sth out |
| you | will hammer sth out |
| he;she;it | will hammer sth out |
| we | will hammer sth out |
| you | will hammer sth out |
| they | will hammer sth out |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hammered sth out |
| you | will have hammered sth out |
| he;she;it | will have hammered sth out |
| we | will have hammered sth out |
| you | will have hammered sth out |
| they | will have hammered sth out |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hammer sth out |
| you | hammer sth out |
| he;she;it | hammer sth out |
| we | hammer sth out |
| you | hammer sth out |
| they | hammer sth out |
Perfect
| I | have hammered sth out |
| you | have hammered sth out |
| he;she;it | have hammered sth out |
| we | have hammered sth out |
| you | have hammered sth out |
| they | have hammered sth out |
Imperfect
| I | hammered sth out |
| you | hammered sth out |
| he;she;it | hammered sth out |
| we | hammered sth out |
| you | hammered sth out |
| they | hammered sth out |
Pluperfect
| I | had hammered sth out |
| you | had hammered sth out |
| he;she;it | had hammered sth out |
| we | had hammered sth out |
| you | had hammered sth out |
| they | had hammered sth out |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hammer sth out |
| you | would hammer sth out |
| he;she;it | would hammer sth out |
| we | would hammer sth out |
| you | would hammer sth out |
| they | would hammer sth out |
Perfect
| I | would have hammered sth out |
| you | would have hammered sth out |
| he;she;it | would have hammered sth out |
| we | would have hammered sth out |
| you | would have hammered sth out |
| they | would have hammered sth out |
Imperative
| you | hammer sth out |
| we | Let's hammer sth out |
| you | hammer sth out |
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)