hammering
hammering noun: a period of being beaten or hammered. Also the present participle and gerund of hammer.
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.
- 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 departure2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport
Also used as
hammering is also the present participle and gerund of hammer.
hammering meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
hammering in Hindi
- हथौड़ा मारना
hammering in Marathi
- हातोडा मारणे, हातोडी मारणे
hammering in Urdu
- ہتھوڑا لگانا, ہتھوڑا مارنا, ہتھوڑے مارنا
hammering in Bengali
- হ্যামারিং, হাতুড়ি মারছে, হাতুড়ি মারার
More languagesFewer languages
- hammering in Kannada
- ಹ್ಯಾಮರಿಂಗ್
- hammering in Gujarati
- હથોડી મારવી
- hammering in Odia
- ହାତୁଡ଼ି ମାରିବା, ହ୍ଯାମରିଂ
- hammering in Nepali
- ह्यामरिंग, ह्यामरिङ, ह्यामरिंग गर्न
Forms of hammering
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Words formed from hammering
Phrases with hammering
Questions about hammering
- What does hammering mean?
- Hammering means a period of being beaten or hammered.
- What is hammering in Hindi?
- Hammering in Hindi is हथौड़ा मारना. See Hammering meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hammering?
- Hammering is a noun.
- What is the plural of hammering?
- The plural of hammering is hammerings.
Words near hammering in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hammering (page history and authors); hammering (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hammering (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hammering (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hammering (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hammering (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hammering (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hammering (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hammering (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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