ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hammering

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hammering is a noun meaning A period of being beaten or hammered.

Meaning

A period of being beaten or hammered.

More Meanings

  1. A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.
  2. present participle and gerund of hammer
  3. (slang) A heavy defeat.

Example Sentences

Hearing a hammering on the door, I ran downstairs to open it.
Repeated hammerings by the smith thin the metal and make it tough.
Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure

Word Forms

Synonyms for hammering

Depending on context, synonyms include pound, pounding, hammer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pounding, pound, battering, thrashing, thumping, peening.

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