hammer throw

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• noun An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.

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• noun an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible