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noun • the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled • a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking • the ossicle attached to the eardrum • a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. • a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw • a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate • a power tool for drilling rocks • the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) verb • beat with or as if with a hammer • create by hammering | ||||||||
| 40% | 14 | Bestselling author of the 'Spillane' series | ||||||
noun • United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918) | ||||||||
| 25% | 11 | Detective or sleuth | ||||||
noun • a person who knows or apprehends • a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice) | ||||||||
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