hammering

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.

A heavy defeat.

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