hammett hammer-wrought • hamming · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · hammett · · Text Latin · · Script 7 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961). Synonyms: Hammett, Dashiell Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 m latin small letter m U+006D t latin small letter t U+0074