ball-peen hammer

noun

A hammer having, besides the normal flat head, an opposite, rounded or peening head.

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engineer's hammermachinist's hammer
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Meanings

nounball-peen hammer (plural ball-peen hammers)

plural ball-peen hammers · alternative ball-pein hammer · alternative ball pein hammer · alternative ball peen hammer

  1. A hammer having, besides the normal flat head, an opposite, rounded or peening head.

    He stumbles forward helplessly as something terrible happens to his back. It feels like being massaged with a hundred ballpeen hammers.

    1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 284

    Synonyms: engineer's hammer, machinist's hammer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hammer having, besides the normal flat head, an opposite, rounded or peening head.

Similar
engineer's hammermachinist's hammer

Translations

Finnish pallopäävasara
  • pallopäävasaratype of hammer
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APA

ball-peen hammer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball-peen%20hammer

MLA

“ball-peen hammer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball-peen%20hammer. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ball-peen hammer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball-peen%20hammer.

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