"hammering" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-hammering.ogg [US] Forms: hammerings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hammering (countable and uncountable, plural hammerings)
  1. A period of being beaten or hammered. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hammering-en-noun-T94KQGAt
  2. A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hammering-en-noun-nJ3u0l03
  3. (slang) A heavy defeat. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hammering-en-noun-CiGwuLIb

Verb

Audio: En-us-hammering.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hammering
  1. present participle and gerund of hammer Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hammer
    Sense id: en-hammering-en-verb-WA8MbuAX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 3 71 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 22 4 69

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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