WordNet
n. a hammer driven by compressed air [syn: air hammer, jackhammer]
Wikipedia
Pneumatic hammer may refer to:
- Pneumatic hammer (forging), a pneumatically driven forging hammer
- Jackhammer, a pneumatically driven tool used to break up rock and pavement
- Rivet gun, a pneumatically powered tool used to set rivets
Usage examples of "pneumatic hammer".
Twice, he nearly sprawled out into the mud, but finally he found the pneumatic hammer, disconnected it from the air hose, and was about to start back toward the lean-to when another bolt of lightning struck, instantly followed by a thunderclap even louder than the first.
Willie, get the pneumatic hammer drills and the twenty-foot bits, and start to load everything into the coal cars.
Its domed head was fronted with large crystalline eyes, the body composed of chrome rods, two elongated arms, one armed with a pneumatic hammer, the other sporting a set of tarnished blades that spun at blinding speed.
The down-the-hole pneumatic hammer had apparently frozen at full extension, as stuck as an arrow fired most of the way through a tree.
The down-the-hole pneumatic hammer had apparently frozen at full extension, as stuck as an arrow shot most of the way through a tree.
It dug down low enough to shudder in the gut like a pneumatic hammer, and high enough to shatter fine glass.
His shout drowned in the rasp and rumble of falling rubble, the pound of a pneumatic hammer thudding like a monstrous heart accompanying the snarling whine of a saw.
She scurried to the desk, patted the gentleman's head with the speed of a pneumatic hammer.