sledgehammern.

Etymology: sledge n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsledge-hammer.

A large heavy hammer used by blacksmiths.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > sledge-hammer

sledgea1000

mauler1305

sledgehammer1495

fore-hammer1543

sled1616

about-sledge1678

gad-sledge1874

Monday1965

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 194 Slege hamers of yron.

1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. Postscr. 163 I would arm another part with another gentleman's sledge-hammers.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 149 The door was instantly assailed with sledge-hammers.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 398 Smiths will not care how long they detain horses, provided they can get the assistance of the ploughman at the sledge-hammer.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 317 The strikers with the sledge hammer were swept away.

attributive.1843 C. Dickens Let. 24 Sept. (1974) III. 572 I sent Miss Coutts a sledge-hammer account of the Ragged schools.1844 T. Hood Forge 238 Some cumbrous sort Of sledge-hammer retort At Red Beard.1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max iii I was used to this sort of sledge-hammer form of argument.figurative.1799 T. Holcroft Diary 13 Jan. in Memoirs (1816) III. 123 Yet having read mine, you come with a sledge hammer of criticism, describe it as absolutely contemptible.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 222 Johnson's sledge-hammer smashes his flimsy platitudes to pieces.1890 Spectator 12 July The author demolishes his opponents, sometimes, with almost too heavy a sledge-hammer.

Derivatives

ˈsledgehammer v. transitive to strike, work at, as with a sledgehammer.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > driving or beating tools

strike1340

hammerc1430

maul?1440

riveta1450

calla1522

peena1522

peck1533

mallet1594

beetle1608

pickaxe1800

sledge1816

sledgehammer1834

tack-hammer1865

pin1875

pile-drive1894

staple gun1960

the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > beat heavily or severely

pounda1325

batter1377

pellc1450

hatter1508

whop1575

labour1594

thunder-beat1608

behammer1639

thunderstrike1818

sledgehammer1834

pun1838

to beat to a pulp1840

jackhammer1959

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > perform with labour, toil at > as with a sledgehammer

sledgehammer1834

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly

threshc1384

to knock the socks offa1529

thump1597

thrash1609

thwacka1616

capot1649

to beat to snuff1819

to knock into a cocked hat1830

to —— (the) hell out of1833

sledgehammer1834

rout1835

whop1836

skin1838

whip-saw1842

to knock (the) spots off1850

to make mincemeat of1853

to mop (up) the floor with1875

to beat pointless1877

to lick into fits1879

to take apart1880

to knock out1883

wax1884

contund1885

to give (a person) fits1885

to wipe the floor with1887

flatten1892

to knock (someone) for six1902

slaughter1903

slather1910

to hit for six1937

hammer1948

whomp1952

bulldozer1954

zilch1957

shred1966

tank1973

slam-dunk1975

beast1977

the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (transitive)]

to countenance outa1529

to face down (also out)1530

to stand to ——1551

to stand upon it1590

to stand in ——1594

to stand out1653

to stick out1885

sledgehammer1976

1834 G. C. Lewis Let. 2 Feb. (1870) 32 I send you..an admirable letter written by Sedgwick, in order that you may see what is meant by sledge-hammering a man.

1840 R. Whately Let. in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) I. 473 I have been to-day sledge-hammering your idea about Simeon into a sermon.

1963 A. Smith Throw out Two Hands xvi. 167 Sledge~hammering a steel spike into the ground.

1976 CRC Jrnl. July 19/1 It is perfectly possible to understand what is going on on stage without having the point sledgehammered home.

ˈsledgehammering n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe

biting1382

tomahawking1777

sledgehammering1853

grief1891

pan1899

panning1908

excoriation1924

flak1968

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xv. 146 I grant a sledge-hammering sort of merit in him!

1884 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 796 The concluding pages of one of his sledge-hammerings on the heads of his adversaries.

Draft additions December 2003

British, Australian, and New Zealand. to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut and variants: to take a disproportionately drastic approach to the solution of a relatively small problem. Also (North American) to use a sledgehammer to kill a gnat and variants.

ΚΠ

1851 L. C. Judson Sages & Heroes Amer. Revol. i. 235 He at once became the nucleus around which a band of patriots gathered and formed a nut too hard to be cracked by the sledgehammer of monarchy.]

1923 G. B. Clarkson Industr. Amer. in World War xix. 359 The Board never used a sledgehammer to kill a gnat.

1934 C. Stead Salzburg Tales 19 He loved to crack a walnut with a sledge-hammer.

1934 Times 7 Nov. 7/4 The great National Government had taken hold of this sledge-hammer to crack this nut.

1944 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 107 184 They might occasionally let that favourable position mar their work by using a sledge-hammer to kill a gnat.

1997 Daily Mail 15 Jan. 42/3 The taxman is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut by asking thousands of people to appear before magistrate-style tribunals to explain why they are behind with their tax affairs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sledgehammer
释义	sledgehammern. Etymology: sledge n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsledge-hammer. A large heavy hammer used by blacksmiths. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > sledge-hammer sledgea1000 mauler1305 sledgehammer1495 fore-hammer1543 sled1616 about-sledge1678 gad-sledge1874 Monday1965 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 194 Slege hamers of yron. 1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. Postscr. 163 I would arm another part with another gentleman's sledge-hammers. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 149 The door was instantly assailed with sledge-hammers. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 398 Smiths will not care how long they detain horses, provided they can get the assistance of the ploughman at the sledge-hammer. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 317 The strikers with the sledge hammer were swept away. attributive.1843 C. Dickens Let. 24 Sept. (1974) III. 572 I sent Miss Coutts a sledge-hammer account of the Ragged schools.1844 T. Hood Forge 238 Some cumbrous sort Of sledge-hammer retort At Red Beard.1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max iii I was used to this sort of sledge-hammer form of argument.figurative.1799 T. Holcroft Diary 13 Jan. in Memoirs (1816) III. 123 Yet having read mine, you come with a sledge hammer of criticism, describe it as absolutely contemptible.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 222 Johnson's sledge-hammer smashes his flimsy platitudes to pieces.1890 Spectator 12 July The author demolishes his opponents, sometimes, with almost too heavy a sledge-hammer. Derivatives ˈsledgehammer v. transitive to strike, work at, as with a sledgehammer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > driving or beating tools strike1340 hammerc1430 maul?1440 riveta1450 calla1522 peena1522 peck1533 mallet1594 beetle1608 pickaxe1800 sledge1816 sledgehammer1834 tack-hammer1865 pin1875 pile-drive1894 staple gun1960 the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > beat heavily or severely pounda1325 batter1377 pellc1450 hatter1508 whop1575 labour1594 thunder-beat1608 behammer1639 thunderstrike1818 sledgehammer1834 pun1838 to beat to a pulp1840 jackhammer1959 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > perform with labour, toil at > as with a sledgehammer sledgehammer1834 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly threshc1384 to knock the socks offa1529 thump1597 thrash1609 thwacka1616 capot1649 to beat to snuff1819 to knock into a cocked hat1830 to —— (the) hell out of1833 sledgehammer1834 rout1835 whop1836 skin1838 whip-saw1842 to knock (the) spots off1850 to make mincemeat of1853 to mop (up) the floor with1875 to beat pointless1877 to lick into fits1879 to take apart1880 to knock out1883 wax1884 contund1885 to give (a person) fits1885 to wipe the floor with1887 flatten1892 to knock (someone) for six1902 slaughter1903 slather1910 to hit for six1937 hammer1948 whomp1952 bulldozer1954 zilch1957 shred1966 tank1973 slam-dunk1975 beast1977 the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (transitive)] to countenance outa1529 to face down (also out)1530 to stand to ——1551 to stand upon it1590 to stand in ——1594 to stand out1653 to stick out1885 sledgehammer1976 1834 G. C. Lewis Let. 2 Feb. (1870) 32 I send you..an admirable letter written by Sedgwick, in order that you may see what is meant by sledge-hammering a man. 1840 R. Whately Let. in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) I. 473 I have been to-day sledge-hammering your idea about Simeon into a sermon. 1963 A. Smith Throw out Two Hands xvi. 167 Sledge~hammering a steel spike into the ground. 1976 CRC Jrnl. July 19/1 It is perfectly possible to understand what is going on on stage without having the point sledgehammered home. ˈsledgehammering n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe biting1382 tomahawking1777 sledgehammering1853 grief1891 pan1899 panning1908 excoriation1924 flak1968 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xv. 146 I grant a sledge-hammering sort of merit in him! 1884 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 796 The concluding pages of one of his sledge-hammerings on the heads of his adversaries. Draft additions December 2003 British, Australian, and New Zealand. to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut and variants: to take a disproportionately drastic approach to the solution of a relatively small problem. Also (North American) to use a sledgehammer to kill a gnat and variants. ΚΠ 1851 L. C. Judson Sages & Heroes Amer. Revol. i. 235 He at once became the nucleus around which a band of patriots gathered and formed a nut too hard to be cracked by the sledgehammer of monarchy.] 1923 G. B. Clarkson Industr. Amer. in World War xix. 359 The Board never used a sledgehammer to kill a gnat. 1934 C. Stead Salzburg Tales 19 He loved to crack a walnut with a sledge-hammer. 1934 Times 7 Nov. 7/4 The great National Government had taken hold of this sledge-hammer to crack this nut. 1944 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 107 184 They might occasionally let that favourable position mar their work by using a sledge-hammer to kill a gnat. 1997 Daily Mail 15 Jan. 42/3 The taxman is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut by asking thousands of people to appear before magistrate-style tribunals to explain why they are behind with their tax affairs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1495
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