n A weapon consisting of a metal reinforcement for the clenched fist, with finger holes molded in.

n a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand

n (US, archaic) A nickname for a man employed for his fistfighting skill.

n a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand

n A knife designed for use in hand-to-hand fighting in trenches, typically having a double-edged blade and a knuckleduster on the handle.

n (South Africa) A fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end. ; n A bludgeon.

n A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing. ; n A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger. ; n Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.

n A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape. ; n A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. ; n (vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn. ; n A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam. ; n A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car. ; n The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. ; n The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle. ; n The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. ; n (architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. ; n (military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. ; n (figurative) That which supports or promotes; a catalyst. ; n A surname from German. ; n A ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.

n A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul. ; n (weaponry) A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger. ; n (music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments. ; n (games) A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet. ; n (sports) The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo. ; n A type of articulated locomotive having two powered trucks, with the rear truck being rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front powered truck is attached to the rear by a hinge, so that it may swing from side to side, and with the front end of the boiler resting upon a sliding bearing on the swinging front truck. ; n (cryptography) The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.

n Alternative form of prick punch [A pointed steel punch, to puncture a mark on sheet metal.]

n A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes. ; n (military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office. ; n (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances. ; n (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race. ; n (gymnastics, juggling) A rod twirled in a marching band's performance, in a gymnastic sport, or in juggling. ; n (weaponry, US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen. ; n (heraldry) A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children. ; n A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence. ; n (cooking) A batonnet, a long slice of a vegetable, thicker than a julienne. ; n (baking) A short baguette.

n A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. ; n Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack. ; n Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically. ; n A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe. ; n A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces. ; n A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness. ; n A station identifier on television or radio played between shows. ; n A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits. ; n (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade. ; n A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect. ; n (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march. ; n (slang, television and film) An extension cord. ; n (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle. ; n Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish. ; n (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison. ; n (military) The FIM-92 portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile.

n A short cutlass or sabre used in the 16th and 17th centuries.

n A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.

n (military, archaic or historical) A sword, bayonet or similar weapon made of steel.

n A heavy fighting club. ; n A ceremonial form of this weapon. ; n A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked. ; n An officer who carries a mace as a token of authority. ; n A knobbed mallet used by curriers to make leather supple when dressing it. ; n (archaic) A billiard cue. ; n A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg. ; n Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use. ; n An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael. ; n An old weight of 57.98 grains, approximately 3.8 grams. ; n (countable) A male given name, a name derived from the war instrument, a mace ; n (countable) A surname. ; n An English surname transferred from the given name. ; n A surname from Norman. ; n An unincorporated community in Walnut Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. ; n Alternative letter-case form of mace (tear gas or pepper spray) [A heavy fighting club.] ; n (medicine) Initialism of major adverse cardiovascular event.

n The grip by which a pistol is held in the hand ; n A similarly shaped grip on any of several firearms, swords and tools

adj Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded. ; adj (colloquial) Intelligent. ; adj (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note). ; adj (music) Higher in pitch than required. ; adj Having a strong acrid or acidic taste. ; adj Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid. ; adj (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest. ; adj (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest. ; adj Exact, precise, accurate; keen. ; adj Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh. ; adj (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive. ; adj Observant; alert; acute. ; adj Quick and alert. ; adj Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute. ; adj Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees. ; adj Steep; precipitous; abrupt. ; adj (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible. ; adj (chess) Tactical; risky. ; adj Piercing; keen; severe; painful. ; adj Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification. ; adj (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. ; adj Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty. ; adj (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced. ; adj (obsolete) Hungry.

n (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A type of retractable utility knife with a replaceable blade.

n A medieval hammer-like weapon used in close combat.

n A type of baton or cane used by soldiers in military trenches, especially of the First World War, for manoeuvring and for basic combat.

n A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.

n (British, Ireland) A type of knife which has the blade mounted on a pivot so that it can fold back sideways into the handle when not in use, but can flick out straight, usually with a spring-loaded mechanism, when required. ; n A type of folding knife, which with a flick of the wrist, using the momentum generated, can open the knife out straight.

n A piece of cutlery in the form of a fork with a sharpened outer tine, enabling it also to be used as a knife.

n A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest. ; n Someone or something that hits someone or something else. ; n A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer. ; n A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom. ; n A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel. ; n A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet. ; n (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin. ; n (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. ; n (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly. ; n (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter. ; n (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket. ; n (obsolete) A harpoon. ; n (obsolete) A harpooner. ; n (obsolete) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew. ; n (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man. ; n (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics. ; n (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought. ; n A surname.

n (card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over. ; n (card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace. ; n (card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack). ; n (card games) A variant of hearts where the Jack of Spades is the penalty card. ; n The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger). ; n (weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma. ; n (aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal. ; n Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae. ; n Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton. ; n (pharmacology, UK, Australia, rare) Ammonium bituminosulfonate. ; n (fandom slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group 2NE1. ; n Ellipsis of blackjack oak. [An oak tree of species Quercus marilandica.]

n A piece of kitchenware for temporarily resting a knife on while it is not in use, and without touching the table. ; n (military) A portable defensive barrier consisting of a frame covered in barbed wire.

n A kind of combat knife used by the United States military.

n A power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.

n (historical) A stout steel-headed pole, several feet long, used as a weapon.

n A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.

n (military, slang) A set of cutlery.

n (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist. ; n (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist. ; n (uncountable) Power, strength, energy. ; n (uncountable) Impact. ; n (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. ; n (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material. ; n (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch. ; n (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. ; n A prop, as for the roof of a mine. ; n A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. ; n (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia. ; n (British) A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show. ; n Any butterfly of genus Dodona. ; n A butterfly of the genus Dodona. ; n A surname. ; n Short for Suffolk Punch (“type of horse”). [A kind of English draught horse, chestnut in colour.]

n Something large for its kind; a whopper. ; n A kind of hammer used in metalworking.

n (firearms) Any of various generally non-lethal projectiles made of plastic, rubber, wood, etc.

n A punch worked by means of a ratchet lever.

n A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed, used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armour.

n A weapon that fires a knife blade.

n An improvised hand-held weapon used by raiding parties in World War One

n The handle of a tool or weapon. ; n (Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”) [(uncountable)]

n A metal tool, resembling a large pair of pliers, used to cut or sheer bolts.

n (countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. ; n (countable) Any item made of this metal, particularly including: ; n Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers. ; n A piece used for striking sparks from flint. ; n Armor. ; n A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades. ; n (sewing) Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing. ; n (dialectal) A flat iron. ; n (sewing, dialectal) A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus. ; n (printing) An engraving plate. ; n Projectiles. ; n (sewing) A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal. ; n (music, guitar) A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. ; n (uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment. ; n (uncountable, colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue. ; n (figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience. ; n (UK, crime, slang, obsolete) Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877. ; n A surname. ; n (UK, slang, obsolete, historical) Bridewell Prison in London, England.

n A non-lethal projectile made of aluminium carcase and plastic head, designed to be fired from a specialized gun, for riot control.

n A remarkably powerful weapon.

n A rodlike prop used by jugglers, held between the teeth and primarily used for balancing objects on. ; n A device allowing a paralysed person to perform various activities using only the mouth.

n (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts; a wrench. ; n (rare) One who, or that which, spans. ; n (graph theory) A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space. ; n (weaponry) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket. ; n (obsolete) A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam. ; n (UK, Ireland) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works) ; n (UK, Ireland, mildly derogatory) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.

n A utility knife used in handicrafts.

n (obsolete) A wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head, and used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.

n A surname. ; n Someone or something who messes. ; n (obsolete, of an Italian person) Form of address equivalent to signore. ; n A single-edged sword with a knife-like hilt.

n A miner's pickax or hack. ; n A chisel or similar tool for cutting metal, as wire, into nails.

n Uncommon spelling of dusty. [A medium-brown color.]

n A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter. ; n A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation. ; n A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down. ; n A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping. ; n The ear lobe. ; n A burr knot or burl. ; n The knot at the bottom of an antler. ; n (engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill. ; n A rough humming sound. ; n A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound. ; n (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear. ; n A surname. ; n A number of places in the United States: ; n An unincorporated community in Florida Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. ; n An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Missouri. ; n A village in Otoe County, Nebraska, named after burr oak trees. ; n An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas. ; n An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. ; n A community in Rural Municipality of Wolverine No. 340, central Saskatchewan, Canada. ; n Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”). [A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.] ; n (British) Alternative spelling of burl [A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.]

n A person who fulls cloth. ; n A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal. ; n A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.). ; n A surname originating as an occupation for a person who fulls cloth. ; n A male given name. ; n An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. ; n An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.

n A square-headed hammer with spikes used in stoneworking to either even the surface before polishing, or give it a pockmarked and weathered aspect.

n A medieval war and utility axe with a long wooden haft of 1.5 metres in length set with a blade shaped as a tear drop.

n A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

n (carpentry, Scotland, New Zealand) A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building. ; n A large metal crowbar.

n A device consisting of a portable bed of nails used by police and armed forces to puncture car tires.

n A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. ; n A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome. ; n A hired thug. ; n A sex worker's minder. ; n (uncountable) Bully beef. ; n (obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow. ; n The small scrum in the Eton College field game. ; n Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies. ; n (obsolete or dialectal, Ireland and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade ; n (dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female). ; n (obsolete) A darling, sweetheart (male or female). ; n (field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances. ; n (mining) A miner's hammer.

n A hypothetical weapon (often a bomb) programmed to automatically be used in response to certain attacks, usually with very dire consequences (such as the annihilation of the world). ; n An extremely powerful weapon. ; n Alternative spelling of doomsday device [A hypothetical weapon (often a bomb) programmed to automatically be used in response to certain attacks, usually with very dire consequences (such as the annihilation of the world).]

n A person skilled at making edged weapons

n A piece of wood with nails pointing out of it, on which a performer lies as a circus trick. ; n (electronics) A device for testing a chip, consisting of an array of spring-loaded pins.

n A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring. ; n (husbandry) A tool for sharpening scythes, composed typically of a piece of wood smeared with grease and sand. ; n (metallurgy) A bevel-edged finishing tool used for smoothing the surface of a mold, core, or mold in sand or loam. ; n (carpentry, masonry) A template; a pattern. ; n An instrument used in dressing flax.

n A mechanical device used to trim fingernails and toenails. ; n A mechanical device used to trim animals' claws.

n A steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife.

n A short rounded truncheon used by policemen.

n A blacksmithing tool meant to be struck by a hammer

n A kind of Indo-Persian knife designed to penetrate armor.

n A crowbar (the tool).

n A hammer, especially a war hammer. ; n A surname.

n A large two-handed sword historically used by the Scottish Highlanders. ; n An American-made anti-personnel mine designed to lay down a wide arc of steel ball bearings in order to inflict casualties. ; n Alternative letter-case form of Claymore (“antipersonnel mine”) [An American-made anti-personnel mine designed to lay down a wide arc of steel ball bearings in order to inflict casualties.]

n A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot. ; n A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning. ; n (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

n A device for making things sharp. ; n (figurative) That which makes something sharp. ; n (informal) An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal.

n A nuclear weapon. ; n (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale. ; n A nuclear power station. ; n (nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power. ; n A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power. ; n (warez) A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware). ; n (rare) A microwave oven. ; n Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”) [(beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.] ; n (anatomy, obsolete) Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”) [(anatomy, obsolete) The spinal cord.] ; n (chiefly Northern England, archaic) Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”) [A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.]

n A tool used for gripping and removing a nail that was stuck beneath a surface.

n a carpenter's tool used to hammer nail heads in to just below the surface of the wood, something that cannot be achieved with a hammer alone.

n A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.

n A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon. ; n A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music. ; n A municipality of Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines.

n (historical) A firearm with a needlelike firing pin. ; n A needle-gun scaler: a scaler with a set of needles that strike with reciprocating action. ; n (chiefly science fiction) Any of various weapons that shoot needles or needlelike darts.

n A small sledgehammer, intended for single-handed use.

n A round projectile with an iron bolt protruding to prevent it from turning in the gun.

n A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja or samurai. ; n A species of grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australasia, Africa, and southern Europe, and widely introduced to the New World.

n A band worn on the wrist by archers as a support and protection. ; n (firearms) A metal band between the stock and the receiver.

n A young boy employed to make the base of a saggar from a lump of fireclay, knocking it into a metal ring with a wooden mallet.

n A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle. ; n A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product). ; n The common porpoise. ; n The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee). ; n A surname from German.

n (weaponry) An axe that is used as a missile weapon.

n a hammer with a blade-like peen at right angles to the haft, used by carpenters.

n Any of various types of nails with large flat heads designed to fasten sheet metal to wood, fasten clouts to axletrees, etc., often clinched.

n (rare) A device used to sandblast; sandblaster. ; n A pipe that is used to suck up objects from a river or sea bed. ; n (science fiction) A weapon that shoots sand or a sandlike substance.

n The manufacture of weapons.

n (chiefly uncountable) A surge of pressure in a pipe carrying a fluid; especially the banging sound in a steam or hot water pipe caused by bubbles of air, or by an abrupt alteration of the flow. ; n (countable, historical) A metal hammer used when heated, as by dipping in hot water, to blister the skin, as for counterirritation.

n A beauty salon dedicated to nail care e.g. manicures and pedicures. ; n A crowbar.

n A drawknife.

n A machete.

n A pickaxe with one sharp point and one cutting edge.

n A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.

n A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws. ; n The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.

n (India, historical) A steel attached to a pouch containing flint and tinder.

n A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. ; n The act of using a hammer to hit something. ; n (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear. ; n (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string. ; n (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing. ; n (curling) The last stone in an end. ; n (frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head. ; n Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour. ; n One who, or that which, smites or shatters. ; n (motor racing) The accelerator pedal. ; n (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun. ; n (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun. ; n (soccer) someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. ; n A surname. ; n (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline. [A brief larger headline above a smaller main headline.]

n A screw that can be turned with the thumb and fingers. ; n An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers. ; n (figuratively) A weakness that can be taken advantage of.