"sledgehammer" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-sledgehammer.ogg Forms: more sledgehammer [comparative], most sledgehammer [superlative]
Etymology: Compound of sledge + hammer. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|sledge|hammer|notext=1|type=endocentric}} Compound of sledge + hammer Head templates: {{en-adjective}} sledgehammer (comparative more sledgehammer, superlative most sledgehammer)
  1. Completely lacking grace and dexterity.
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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-sledgehammer.ogg Forms: sledgehammers [plural]
Etymology: Compound of sledge + hammer. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|sledge|hammer|notext=1|type=endocentric}} Compound of sledge + hammer Head templates: {{en-noun}} sledgehammer (plural sledgehammers)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms: sledge-hammer Derived forms: use a sledgehammer to crack a nut Related terms: forehammer, hammer Coordinate_terms: mallet, maul Translations (kind of hammer): vare [masculine] (Albanian), مِرْزَبَّة (mirzabba) [feminine] (Arabic), إِرْزَبَّة (ʔirzabba) [archaic, feminine] (Arabic), կռան (kṙan) (Armenian), gürz (Azerbaijani), kumpul (Azerbaijani), кува́лда (kuválda) [feminine] (Belarusian), вари́я (varíja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кова́шки чук (kováški čuk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), တူမ (tuma.) (Burmese), picassa [feminine] (Catalan), 大錘 (Chinese Mandarin), 大锤 (dàchuí) (Chinese Mandarin), toqmaq (Crimean Tatar), şoqmar [Northern, dialectal] (Crimean Tatar), perlík [masculine] (Czech), forhammer [common-gender] (Danish), voorhamer [masculine] (Dutch), beukhamer [masculine] (Dutch), sepavasar (Estonian), suurvasar (Estonian), leka (Finnish), moukari (Finnish), marteau de forgeron [masculine] (French), masse [feminine] (French), marteau [masculine] (French), marra [feminine] (Galician), mallo [masculine] (Galician), mandarria [feminine] (Galician), ურო (uro) (Georgian), Vorschlaghammer [masculine] (German), βαριά (variá) [feminine] (Greek), קוּרְנָס \ קֻרְנָס (kurnás) [masculine] (Hebrew), लोहार का हथौड़ा (lohār kā hathauṛā) [masculine] (Hindi), martelego (Ido), palu godam (Indonesian), godam (Indonesian), mazza [feminine] (Italian), martello da fabbro [masculine] (Italian), 大型ハンマー (ōgata hanmā) (alt: おおがたハンマー) (Japanese), スレッジハンマー (surejjihanmā) (Japanese), 大ハンマー (ōhanmā) (alt: おおハンマー) (Japanese), зілбалға (zılbalğa) (Kazakh), ញញួរដំដែក (ñɔɔñɔñuə dɑm daek) (Khmer), 오함마 (ohamma) (Korean), 슬레지해머 (seullejihaemeo) (Korean), 큰해머 (keunhaemeo) (Korean), барскан (barskan) (Kyrgyz), ຄ້ອນທະເນີນ (khǭn tha nœ̄n) (Lao), marcus [masculine] (Latin), veseris [masculine] (Latvian), kūjis (english: hammer) [masculine] (Lithuanian), токмак (tokmak) [masculine] (Macedonian), fampohaza (Malagasy), tukul besi (Malay), mazza [feminine] (Maltese), лантуу (lantuu) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), bee atsidítsoh (Navajo), marté à deux mains [masculine] (Norman), slegge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sleggje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), slegge [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), واریوس (varyos) (Ottoman Turkish), پتك (petk) (Ottoman Turkish), پتک (potk) (Persian), Schläaja [masculine] (Plautdietsch), młot oburęczny [masculine] (Polish), młot kowalski [masculine] (Polish), marreta [feminine] (Portuguese), baros [neuter] (Romanian), кува́лда (kuválda) [feminine] (Russian), то̀кмак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tòkmak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), perlík [masculine] (Slovak), macola [feminine] (Slovene), hadhso (Somali), almádena [feminine] (Spanish), mandarria [feminine] (Spanish), comba [South-America, feminine] (Spanish), slägga [common-gender] (Swedish), босқон (bosqon) (Tajik), azduz [masculine] (Tarifit), ค้อนปอนด์ (kɔ́ɔn-bpɔɔn) (Thai), balyoz (Turkish), madırga (Turkish), кува́лда (kuválda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), مارْتَول (mārtaul) [masculine] (Urdu), bosqon (Uzbek), búa tạ (Vietnamese), gordd [feminine] (Welsh), שמידהאַמער (shmidhamer) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-sledgehammer.ogg Forms: sledgehammers [present, singular, third-person], sledgehammering [participle, present], sledgehammered [participle, past], sledgehammered [past]
Etymology: Compound of sledge + hammer. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|sledge|hammer|notext=1|type=endocentric}} Compound of sledge + hammer Head templates: {{en-verb}} sledgehammer (third-person singular simple present sledgehammers, present participle sledgehammering, simple past and past participle sledgehammered)
  1. (transitive) To strike (something) with a sledgehammer. Tags: transitive
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          "word": "use a sledgehammer to crack a nut"
        }
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          "ref": "1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
          "text": "These were succeeded by anchor and chain-cable forges, where sledgehammers were dinging upon iron all day long.",
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vare"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mirzabba",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "مِرْزَبَّة"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔirzabba",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "إِرْزَبَّة"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kṙan",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "կռան"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "gürz"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "kumpul"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kuválda",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кува́лда"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "varíja",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вари́я"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kováški čuk",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кова́шки чук"
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        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "tuma.",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "တူမ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "picassa"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "大錘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàchuí",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "大锤"
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        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "toqmaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "Northern",
            "dialectal"
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          "word": "şoqmar"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "perlík"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "forhammer"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "voorhamer"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beukhamer"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "sepavasar"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "suurvasar"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "leka"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "moukari"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marteau de forgeron"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "masse"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marteau"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marra"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mallo"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mandarria"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uro",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "ურო"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Vorschlaghammer"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "variá",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "βαριά"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kurnás",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "קוּרְנָס \\ קֻרְנָס"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lohār kā hathauṛā",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "लोहार का हथौड़ा"
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "martelego"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "palu godam"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "godam"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mazza"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "martello da fabbro"
        },
        {
          "alt": "おおがたハンマー",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōgata hanmā",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "大型ハンマー"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "surejjihanmā",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "スレッジハンマー"
        },
        {
          "alt": "おおハンマー",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōhanmā",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "大ハンマー"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "zılbalğa",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "зілбалға"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ñɔɔñɔñuə dɑm daek",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "ញញួរដំដែក"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ohamma",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "오함마"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seullejihaemeo",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "슬레지해머"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "keunhaemeo",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "큰해머"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "barskan",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "барскан"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "khǭn tha nœ̄n",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "ຄ້ອນທະເນີນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marcus"
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        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veseris"
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        {
          "code": "lt",
          "english": "hammer",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kūjis"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tokmak",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "токмак"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "fampohaza"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "tukul besi"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mazza"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "lantuu",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "лантуу"
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        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "bee atsidítsoh"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marté à deux mains"
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        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "slegge"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sleggje"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "slegge"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "varyos",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "واریوس"
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        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "petk",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "پتك"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "potk",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "پتک"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Schläaja"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "młot oburęczny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "młot kowalski"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marreta"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "baros"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kuválda",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кува́лда"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "то̀кмак"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tòkmak"
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "perlík"
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        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "macola"
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        {
          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "hadhso"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "almádena"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mandarria"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "comba"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "slägga"
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "bosqon",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "босқон"
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          "code": "rif",
          "lang": "Tarifit",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "azduz"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kɔ́ɔn-bpɔɔn",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "ค้อนปอนด์"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "balyoz"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "madırga"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kuválda",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кува́лда"
        },
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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "mārtaul",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مارْتَول"
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "bosqon"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "búa tạ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gordd"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shmidhamer",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "שמידהאַמער"
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      "word": "တူမ"
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      "word": "Vorschlaghammer"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "लोहार का हथौड़ा"
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      "word": "mazza"
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      "word": "martello da fabbro"
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      "word": "大型ハンマー"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "ញញួរដំដែក"
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      "roman": "ohamma",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "오함마"
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      "word": "ຄ້ອນທະເນີນ"
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      "word": "marcus"
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      "word": "veseris"
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "fampohaza"
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "tukul besi"
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      "code": "mt",
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mazza"
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      "word": "bee atsidítsoh"
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ota",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "młot oburęczny"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
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      "code": "ro",
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