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 winner of the event is the athlete who throws the hammer the greatest distance while remaining within a seven-foot diameter circle. —

Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025 Langston was the father of one of the participating high school athletes, and died shielding his wife and son from the hammer, according to Colorado Springs ABC affiliate KRDO. —

Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2025 But at trial, Ulbricht was convicted on all counts and then-Manhattan Federal Court Judge Katherine Forrest dropped the hammer, sentencing him to life in prison. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025 With each strike of the hammer, participants mold a hopeful vision of a future without gun violence. —

Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the hammer