tack hammer

noun

1. a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.

tack hammer

noun

1. a light hammer for driving tacks

Word History and Origins

Origin of tack hammer¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The only proper response to this kind of thinking is to smack one's forehead -- or better yet, the filmmaker's -- with a tack hammer.

From Salon

It was a great screw-driver and tack hammer and invaluable to gouge things out of deep cracks.

From Project Gutenberg

“The only difference is that they use a tack hammer and I use a sledge.”

From Project Gutenberg

I’ve made more fuss before now over pounding my finger with a tack hammer.

From Project Gutenberg

There, with his face buried in his hands, seated on a roll of carpeting with a tack hammer and saucer of tacks at his side, sat the mulierose man!

From Project Gutenberg