Associations to the word «Sledgehammer»

Pictures for the word «Sledgehammer»

Wiktionary

SLEDGEHAMMER, noun. A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.
SLEDGEHAMMER, verb. To strike with a sledgehammer.

Dictionary definition

SLEDGEHAMMER, noun. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
SLEDGEHAMMER, verb. Beat with a sledgehammer.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope