hammer and sickle

noun

: an emblem consisting of a crossed hammer and sickle used especially as a symbol of Soviet Communism

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The video displayed a hammer and sickle while asking for donations from local Utahns. Alliance for a Better Utah has also filed a lawsuit on behalf of five residents of Box Elder County, where Stratos is set to be built. — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 June 2026 The accompanying image had the Veep at a lectern with a hammer and sickle emblem on it in lieu of the seal of her office. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024 Just two days before this, Mamdani appeared on the November 5 cover of the New York Post, his head cut-and-pasted onto a Soviet figure holding up a hammer and sickle in victory. — Literary Hub, 20 Nov. 2025 Wrapped around it are curved forms, wiry and metallic, their composition looking strangely like a shattered hammer and sickle — an emblem of proletarian solidarity between agricultural and industrial workers in the Russian state, now torn asunder. — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for hammer and sickle

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hammer and sickle was in 1921

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“Hammer and sickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20and%20sickle. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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