hammerhead
nounEtymology From hammer + head.
8 senses
- 1The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking…
- 2Any shark of the family Sphyrnidae, which only includes…
- 3A hogsucker, a fresh-water fish of species Hypentelium…
- 4A hammer-headed fruit bat, a fruit bat of species…
- 5A hammerkop, a bird of species Scopus umbretta.
- 6A stupid person, a dunce.
- 7A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a…
- 8A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.
1
The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
- Holonym: hammer
- Meronym: hammer face
› Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
6
Slang A stupid person, a dunce.
- [The butler] joined us with a telegram for Bobbie on a salver. From her mother, I presumed, calling me some name which she had forgotten to insert in previous communications. Or, of course, possibly expressing once more her conviction that I was a guffin, which, I thought, having had time to ponder over it, would be something in the nature of a bohunkus or a hammerhead.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter V, in Jeeves in the Offing:
7
A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.
8
Biology, Natural sciences A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.
- Synonyms
- hammerhead shark, hammer fish, balance fish
- Related terms
- hammerkop, hammerhead ribozyme, hammerhead turn