hammering — ozdic

Collocations

6

1

(noun.) noise

ADJ

loud

VERB + HAMMERING

hear

PREP

~ at/on

We could hear someone hammering at the wooden gate outside all morning.

2

(noun.) very bad defeat

ADJ

real

VERB + HAMMERING

give sb

take

The team took a hammering in the second half and lost by twenty points.

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.

3

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

Repeated hammerings by the smith thin the metal and make it tough.

Wiktionary

02

Hearing a hammering on the door, I ran downstairs to open it.

Wiktionary

03

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' Pa

Wiktionary

04

I took such a hammering over recent months.

Tatoeba · #60207

05

Her heart was hammering.

Tatoeba · #309197

06

Party leaders are hammering out a proposal for political reform.

Tatoeba · #324781

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, hammering is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.