ball-pein hammer

A form of ball-peen hammer — A hammer having, besides the normal flat head, an opposite, rounded or peening head.

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Meanings

nounball-pein hammer (plural ball-pein hammers)

plural ball-pein hammers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of ball-peen hammer.

    There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down.

    2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 123
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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