hammered

[ ham-erd ]
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adjective
  1. shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer: a hammered bowl of brass; hammered gold.

  2. Slang. extremely intoxicated from alcoholic liquor or a drug: On the weekends we usually get hammered.

Origin of hammered

1
First recorded in 1515–25; hammer + -ed2

Other words from hammered

  • un·ham·mered, adjective
  • well-hammered, adjective

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