🔨 Hammer
A claw hammer, as used for driving or removing nails. Generally depicted with a metal head and wooden handle, positioned at a 45° angle with the head at the upper left. Commonly used for content concerning tools, building, and construction as well as various senses of breaking or smashing. May also represent hard work or be applied to hammer-related expressions, e.g., nailed it. Apple and Facebook’s designs previously displayed a gavel, Softbank’s a mallet. Not to be confused with ⛏️ Pick or 🪓 Axe.
🔨
🔨 Hammer
Also known as: Claw Hammer, Handyman, Tool
Unicode: U+1F528
Image Variants

3D

Color

Flat

High Contrast
Version Information
Emoji Version: 1.0
Unicode Version: 6.0
Keywords
hammertool
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| github | :hammer: | |
| slack | :hammer: | |
| discord | :hammer: |
How It's Used in Language
Verbs
- Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
- To strike against with a heavy impact.
- Strike (something) hard.
- Beat with or as if with a hammer
Nouns
- A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- A hammer.
- Tool meant to deliver an impact to an object
- A hammer is a tool that delivers an impact to an object.
- Physical item that can be used to achieve a goal
- Mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- An implement used in the practice of a vocation
- A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- A tool is any physical item that can be used to achieve a goal, especially if the item is not consumed in the process.
- Any physical item that can be used to achieve a goal
