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hammer

1. slang To attack (someone) relentlessly and aggressively. Their offense has been hammering the opposition all game long. The enemy has been hammering us with bombardments for two days straight.
2. slang To defeat (someone) very thoroughly or decisively. They ended up hammering the other team 45–10.
3. slang In cycling, to pedal very quickly and aggressively, especially in higher gears. I hammered for the last two hours to Lyon in an attempt to make up lost time.

hammered

slang Very drunk. I just can't go out and get hammered like I used to when I was in college. She was so hammered she could barely say her own name.
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hammer

n. the accelerator of a vehicle. She pressed down the hammer, and off they went.

hammered

mod. alcohol intoxicated. Man, old Fred was really hammered.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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When loading a traditional single action Colt or similar revolver, open the loading gate and bring the hammer to the third (loading) notch, which frees the cylinder to rotate.
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That's why so many old-timers knew to leave an empty chamber under the hammer. That workaround was useful for quality revolvers, but some of the "cheapies" did not have positive at-rest cylinder locking to keep the empty one under the hammer.
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Cock the pistol, either by racking the slide or (if there's already a round in the chamber) by thumb cocking the hammer. Then, push the hammer back down, forward and against the slide.
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Summary: Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 14 (ANI): World's largest and strongest hammer has been deployed for the construction of Bangladesh's Padma bridge.
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