Meaning & use
hammering
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Striking something repeatedly with a hammer or with force, or figuratively, defeating or criticizing severely.
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He spent the afternoon hammering nails into the new deck.
Critics were hammering the film for its weak script.
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In informal British usage, "a hammering" as a noun means a heavy defeat, as in "the home team took a hammering."
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2. noun
A decisive or severe defeat.
The underdogs suffered a hammering in the championship final.
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