The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word POUND which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Use a hammer on ("In a Station of the Metro") crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POUND | 100 % | 5 |
Why may POUND be the right solution?
The word "pound" is a synonym for "strike with force," which is what one might do with a hammer. The phrase "In a Station of the Metro" is likely a reference to a famous poem by Ezra Pound, who shares a last name with the answer.
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Crossword Answer definitions
POUND noun- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- The symbol # (octothorpe, hash)
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force is inaccurate and unscientific.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter.
- A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of impound.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- A hard blow.
- To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- To eat or drink very quickly.
- To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To wager a pound on.
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