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hammer blow

hammer blow noun: a blow with a hammer.

Noun

hammer blow (plural hammer blows)

  1. A blow with a hammer.
  2. A pounding of the rails by the driving wheels of a steam locomotive caused by the inertia of unbalanced parts.
    • The balancing of the engine is unusual, with the rotating masses fully balanced and 40 per cent of the reciprocating masses statically balanced by lead weights in the coupled wheels; the reciprocrating balance weights are in the same phase on both sides of the engine. This system saves balance...1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class "9" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419

Forms of hammer blow

pluralhammer blows
alternative formhammerblow

Questions about hammer blow

What does hammer blow mean?
Hammer blow means a blow with a hammer.
What part of speech is hammer blow?
Hammer blow is a noun.
What is the plural of hammer blow?
The plural of hammer blow is hammer blows.

Words near hammer blow in the dictionary

  1. hammer beams
  2. hammer bench
  3. hammer benches
  4. hammer blast
  5. hammer blasts
  6. hammer blow
  7. hammer blows
  8. hammer break
  9. hammer breaks
  10. hammer drill
  11. hammer drills

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