sledgehammer

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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.

Translations

• French: marteau de forgeron, masse, marteau
• German: Vorschlaghammer
• Italian: mazza, martello da fabbro
• Portuguese: marreta
• Russian: кува́лда
• Spanish: almádena

Verb

sledgehammer (sledgehammers, present participle sledgehammering; past and past participle sledgehammered)

1. To strike with a sledgehammer.

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