"sledgehammer" meaning in English

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Adjective

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

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

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": "կռան"
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
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          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "တူမ"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "大錘"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "大锤"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "perlík"
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "sepavasar"
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "suurvasar"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "leka"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "moukari"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "fr",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "marteau"
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "marra"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mallo"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "mandarria"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "word": "ურო"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "mazza"
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "зілбалға"
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          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "ញញួរដំដែក"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "ohamma",
          "sense": "kind of hammer",
          "word": "오함마"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
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          "word": "ຄ້ອນທະເນີນ"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vare"
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "مِرْزَبَّة"
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "kṙan",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "կռան"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "gürz"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "kumpul"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "kuválda",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "кува́лда"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "varíja",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "вари́я"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kováški čuk",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "кова́шки чук"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "tuma.",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "တူမ"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "picassa"
    },
    {
      "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"
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      "code": "crh",
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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        "dialectal"
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      "word": "şoqmar"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perlík"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voorhamer"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beukhamer"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "sepavasar"
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    {
      "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"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masse"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marteau"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marra"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mallo"
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    {
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "βαριά"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kurnás",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קוּרְנָס \\ קֻרְנָס"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lohār kā hathauṛā",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "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"
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      "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"
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      "alt": "おおハンマー",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōhanmā",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "大ハンマー"
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    {
      "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"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khǭn tha nœ̄n",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "ຄ້ອນທະເນີນ"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "marcus"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veseris"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "english": "hammer",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kūjis"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "Cyrillic"
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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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "petk",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "پتك"
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "Schläaja"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "baros"
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "то̀кмак"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tòkmak"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "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": [
        "South-America",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "slägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "bosqon",
      "sense": "kind of hammer",
      "word": "босқон"
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      "sense": "kind of hammer",
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