hammered

[ ham-erd ]

/ ˈhæm ərd /

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adjective

shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer: a hammered bowl of brass; hammered gold.

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

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Origin of hammered

First recorded in 1515–25; hammer + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM hammered

un·ham·mered, adjectivewell-hammered, adjective

Words nearby hammered

hammer away at, hammerbeam, hammer blow, hammercloth, hammer drill, hammered, Hammerfest, hammerhead, hammerless, hammerlock, hammer mill

How to use hammered in a sentence

But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead|Dean Obeidallah|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Retailers were hammered by the scheme because checks and balances were scant in 2012, when the eBay grifting peaked.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the campaign season heated up, his opponent hammered away on the issue.
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to Democrats: Grow a Pair|David Freedlander|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cory Gardner and others hammered on stagnant wages for the middle class.
How’d the GOP Win? By Running Left|Sally Kohn|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor got hammered by Republican Tom Cotton.
Inside the Democrats’ Godawful Midterm Election Wipeout|Michael Tomasky|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Young Glory walked boldly up to the hut, for it was no more, and hammered sharply on the door.
Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser|Walter Fenton Mott
Again the thought hammered home: such a quantity of paper in circulation must affect the national finances of Britain.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
But they only hammered louder, swearing they were going to break in the door and come in and cut off my nose and ears.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche|Anatole France
Yet mercury can be frozen so hard that it may be hammered out like lead, and sometimes it takes the form of square crystals.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878|Various
Its keel was laid in a cornfield; its bolts and bars were hammered out in a blacksmith shop.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various