clawhammer (?kl???hæm?) adjdenoting a style of plucking the strings of a banjo in which the hand forms a clawlike shapeCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
claw hammer
claw hammern.1. A hammer having a head with one end forked for removing nails.2. Informal A tailcoat.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.claw hammer n (Tools) a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails. Also called: carpenter’s hammer Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014claw? ham`mer n. 1. a hammer having a head with one end curved and cleft for pulling out nails. 2. tail coat. [1760?70] claw?ham`mer, claw?-ham`mer, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.