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.
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The optical networking stocks have been hammered by the recent AI selloff.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
After pestering the local council into submission, two sets of goals were hammered into a nearby patch of gravel where the McGinn brothers, extended family and friends could run wild.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
He hammered Grossman with questions about whether his wife had been drinking and racing with Erickson the night that she struck the boys with her Mercedes SUV at what experts testified was nearly 73 mph.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The Indian currency has shed over 6% against the dollar so far in 2026, hammered by high oil prices that threaten to swell India’s import bill and spur inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
All day long we unpacked boxes, filled cupboards, hammered nails and straightened up the mess, until we fell exhausted into our clean beds at night.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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