hammer throw

noun

An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.

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Meanings

nounhammer throw (plural hammer throws)

plural hammer throws

  1. An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 鏈球 /链球
  • 鏈球 /链球 (liànqiú)athletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Czech hod kladivem
  • hod kladivemathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Danish hammerkast
  • hammerkastathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Dutch hamerslingeren, hamerwerpen
  • hamerslingerenathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
  • hamerwerpenathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Finnish moukarinheitto
  • moukarinheittoathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
French lancer du marteau
  • lancer du marteauathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
German Hammerwurf, Hammerwerfen
  • Hammerwurfathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
  • Hammerwerfenathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Hebrew יידוי פטיש
  • יידוי פטיש (yidúy patísh)athletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Hungarian kalapácsvetés
  • kalapácsvetésathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Icelandic sleggjukast
  • sleggjukastathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Italian lancio del martello
  • lancio del martelloathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Japanese ハンマー投げ
  • ハンマー投げ (hanmā-nage)athletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Korean 해머던지기
  • 해머던지기 (haemeodeonjigi)athletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Polish rzut młotem
  • rzut młotemathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Portuguese lançamento do martelo
  • lançamento do marteloathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Romanian aruncarea ciocanului
  • aruncarea ciocanuluiathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Russian мета́ние мо́лота
  • мета́ние мо́лота (metánije mólota)athletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Swedish slägga, släggkastning
  • släggaathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
  • släggkastningathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Turkish çekiç atma
  • çekiç atmaathletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Ukrainian мета́ння мо́лота
  • мета́ння мо́лота (metánnja mólota)athletic event where a heavy steel ball with a handle attached is thrown
Cite this entry
APA

hammer throw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hammer%20throw

MLA

“hammer throw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hammer%20throw. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hammer throw,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hammer%20throw.

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