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English
Pronunciation
Noun
hammering (countable and uncountable, plural hammerings)
- A period of being beaten or hammered.
- Repeated hammerings by the smith thin the metal and make it tough.
- Hearing a hammering on the door, I ran downstairs to open it.
- A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.
- (slang) A heavy defeat.
2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport: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
Verb
hammering
- present participle and gerund of hammer