HAMMER IN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hammer in mean? 

• HAMMER IN (verb)
  The verb HAMMER IN has 1 sense:

1. teach by drills and repetition

  Familiarity information: HAMMER IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAMMER IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Teach by drills and repetition

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

beat in; drill in; hammer in; ram down

Hypernyms (to "hammer in" is one way to...):

drill (teach by repetition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

He had a hammer in his hand, and his mouth was full of little nails, which he was obliged to take out before he could speak.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Boy Jim had come out from the forge with his hammer in his hand.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Take this stake in your left hand, ready to place the point over the heart, and the hammer in your right.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)