Hammer
To see a hammer in your dream, signifies power, strength, virility, and masculine attitudes.
It also symbolizes growth and construction.
To dream that you are using a hammer, signifies successful accomplishment in a task at hand.
Alternatively, it suggests that you may be dealing with old demons and inner battles.
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled [syn: hammer, cock]
- 2: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- 3: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: malleus, hammer]
- 4: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer]
- 5: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- 6: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- 7: a power tool for drilling rocks [syn: hammer, power hammer]
- 8: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering, pounding]
- v. 1: beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
- 2: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" [syn: forge, hammer]