hammered
Americanadjective
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shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer.
a hammered bowl of brass; hammered gold.
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Slang. extremely intoxicated from alcoholic liquor or a drug.
On the weekends we usually get hammered.
Other Word Forms
- unhammered adjective
- well-hammered adjective
Etymology
Origin of hammered
Example Sentences
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Lynagh said he was licking his lips in anticipation of facing Ireland, who were hammered 36-14 by France on Thursday, in Dublin next Saturday.
From Barron's
Software stocks, which minted gains for investors for years, also got hammered this week.
From MarketWatch
Concerns this week that new AI tools will replace software businesses have hammered the share prices of private-markets companies, which over the past decade have invested huge sums in the software sector.
In Florida, heating-and-cooling company Carrier Global saw its shares hammered last year thanks to a stagnant housing market that ate into its residential segment.
He let the crops go to seed and hammered on the dang thing night and day.
From Literature
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