Hammerhead
noun
A kind of shark with a wide flat head.
The hammerhead shark is known for its unique head shape.
Often appears as...
- hammerhead shark
- hammerhead species
noun
A tool with a heavy rectangular head used to hit nails.
He used the hammerhead to pound the nail into the wall.
Often appears as...
- wield a hammerhead
- hammerhead swing
noun
Someone who is stubborn or hard-headed.
He was a real hammerhead, never listening to anyone else's ideas.
Often appears as...
- stubborn as a hammerhead
- old hammerhead
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A kind of shark with a wide flat head.
The hammerhead shark is known for its unique head shape.
Often appears as...
- hammerhead shark
- hammerhead species
noun
A tool with a heavy rectangular head used to hit nails.
He used the hammerhead to pound the nail into the wall.
Often appears as...
- wield a hammerhead
- hammerhead swing
noun
Someone who is stubborn or hard-headed.
He was a real hammerhead, never listening to anyone else's ideas.
Often appears as...
- stubborn as a hammerhead
- old hammerhead
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unique Head
The term emphasizes the shark’s distinct head shape, resembling a hammer.
The hammerhead looks unlike any other species in the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Shark Species
Used when talking about the wider species or studying ocean life.
Divers explored the reef to observe hammerhead behavior.
Pro Tip 3/3Underwater Context
Appropriate in contexts related to the marine environment and wildlife.
She wrote a thesis on hammerhead habitats.
Pro Tip 1/3Unique Head
The term emphasizes the shark’s distinct head shape, resembling a hammer.
The hammerhead looks unlike any other species in the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Shark Species
Used when talking about the wider species or studying ocean life.
Divers explored the reef to observe hammerhead behavior.
Pro Tip 3/3Underwater Context
Appropriate in contexts related to the marine environment and wildlife.
She wrote a thesis on hammerhead habitats.
Pro Tip 1/3Unique Head
The term emphasizes the shark’s distinct head shape, resembling a hammer.
The hammerhead looks unlike any other species in the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Shark Species
Used when talking about the wider species or studying ocean life.
Divers explored the reef to observe hammerhead behavior.
Pro Tip 3/3Underwater Context
Appropriate in contexts related to the marine environment and wildlife.
She wrote a thesis on hammerhead habitats.
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Video examples
Brian Skerry reveals...
where she was swimming with these little barjacks off her nose, and my strobe created a shadow on her face. And I think it's a gentler picture, a little less threatening, a little more respectful of the species. I also searched on this story for the elusive great hammerhead, an animal that really hadn't been photographed much
Video examples
The Surprising...
dove all over the world conducting groundbreaking research for example her team was the first to discover that whale sharks give birth to live young rather than laying eggs along the way she collected all kinds of wild stories and we dropped directly into a school of hammerhead sharks in the middle of the
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Shark Island Swarms PIPE...
schooling around us and there are hundreds of them and all of a sudden I'm turning around I'm filming there I'm photographing my brother and he points behind me and I turned just in time to see you know a dozen or more hammerhead just rush right at me it come over me I'm shooting with a fisheye lens and
Video examples
Hammerhead Sharks Gather...
being with the gang is something which they grew up with for one of the better word or in the case of when we find them aggregated around a sea might it may be more important to be a hammerhead at that sea mount as a reference point rather than to be with the rest of the
Video examples
Diving with Hammerhead...
flatten it out give it a sharp leading edge cut all that hammerhead has to do is slightly tilt up slightly tilt down and it becomes extremely maneuverable tight spaces can turn on a dime and can go up and down it really helps the
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Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
or scientists that want to collect it and that's exactly what he did rather than jump back he went straight over to boulder hammerhead flatworm with time running out gordon is using technology to help the search for species
Video examples
Shark Side of the Moon PIPE...
scalloped hammerhead migrations it could unlock the secrets of what triggers the movements of other migratory sharks and help protect the shark superhighways that are key to survival
Video examples
How did the Hammerhead...
survive and the whole new species is born was the first hammerhead one of these one-in-a-million freaks could its hideously distorted head have opened up a whole new way of life
Video examples
Hammerhead Sharks'...
footage from the team's locked off cameras supports this theory shedding light on their understanding of hammerhead behavior
Video examples
Greatest Fights In The...
this is another one it's a hammerhead
Video examples
Brian Skerry reveals...
where she was swimming with these little barjacks off her nose, and my strobe created a shadow on her face. And I think it's a gentler picture, a little less threatening, a little more respectful of the species. I also searched on this story for the elusive great hammerhead, an animal that really hadn't been photographed much
Video examples
The Surprising...
dove all over the world conducting groundbreaking research for example her team was the first to discover that whale sharks give birth to live young rather than laying eggs along the way she collected all kinds of wild stories and we dropped directly into a school of hammerhead sharks in the middle of the
Video examples
Shark Island Swarms PIPE...
schooling around us and there are hundreds of them and all of a sudden I'm turning around I'm filming there I'm photographing my brother and he points behind me and I turned just in time to see you know a dozen or more hammerhead just rush right at me it come over me I'm shooting with a fisheye lens and
Video examples
Hammerhead Sharks Gather...
being with the gang is something which they grew up with for one of the better word or in the case of when we find them aggregated around a sea might it may be more important to be a hammerhead at that sea mount as a reference point rather than to be with the rest of the
Video examples
Diving with Hammerhead...
flatten it out give it a sharp leading edge cut all that hammerhead has to do is slightly tilt up slightly tilt down and it becomes extremely maneuverable tight spaces can turn on a dime and can go up and down it really helps the
Video examples
Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
or scientists that want to collect it and that's exactly what he did rather than jump back he went straight over to boulder hammerhead flatworm with time running out gordon is using technology to help the search for species
Video examples
Shark Side of the Moon PIPE...
scalloped hammerhead migrations it could unlock the secrets of what triggers the movements of other migratory sharks and help protect the shark superhighways that are key to survival
Video examples
How did the Hammerhead...
survive and the whole new species is born was the first hammerhead one of these one-in-a-million freaks could its hideously distorted head have opened up a whole new way of life
Video examples
Hammerhead Sharks'...
footage from the team's locked off cameras supports this theory shedding light on their understanding of hammerhead behavior
Video examples
Greatest Fights In The...
this is another one it's a hammerhead
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