hammered

American  

[ham-erd] / ˈhæm ərd /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• unhammered adjective
• well-hammered adjective

Etymology

Origin of hammered

First recorded in 1515–25; hammer + -ed ²

Example Sentences

South Africa hammered Ireland in the scrum, leading many pundits to question how other sides can even get close to nullifying their forward power.

From Barron's

"The KP double hundred was a real marker of dominance, of taking Australia down. He led it, the team got ahead of the game. He hammered Australia into the ground."

From BBC

Events over the past few months have hammered those anxieties home.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Lyons said he was "not prepared to put more burden" on workers and said revenue raising would "fall on the backs of the same people... already getting hammered".

From BBC

He says cost pressures have "never been as bad", adding "we're hammered from every direction" by skyrocketing sugar and chocolate prices, national minimum wage increases and rises in business rates.

From BBC