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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
Patricia Highsmith

Meaning of "hammering" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAMMERING

hammering  [ˈhæmərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAMMERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hammering is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAMMERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hammering

Hammer

A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses for hammers are to drive nails, fit parts, forge metal and break apart objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and vary in their shape and structure. The term "hammer" is also used for some devices that are designed to deliver blows, e.g., the caplock mechanism of firearms. The hammer is a basic tool of many professions. The usual features are a handle and a head, with most of the weight in the head. The basic design is hand-operated, but there are also many mechanically operated models, such as steam hammers, for heavier uses.

Definition of hammering in the English dictionary

The first definition of hammering in the dictionary is the action of striking with a hammer. Other definition of hammering is the act of criticizing. Hammering is also an easy defeat; thrashing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAMMERING


bearing
ˈbɛərɪŋ
catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
covering
ˈkʌvərɪŋ
during
ˈdjʊərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
gathering
ˈɡæðərɪŋ
glimmering
ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
manufacturing
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ
measuring
ˈmɛʒərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
murmuring
ˈmɜːmərɪŋ
offering
ˈɒfərɪŋ
ordering
ˈɔːdərɪŋ
shimmering
ˈʃɪmərɪŋ
stammering
ˈstæmərɪŋ
unmurmuring
ʌnˈmɜːmərɪŋ
wearing
ˈwɛərɪŋ
yammering
ˈjæmərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAMMERING

hammer drill
hammer out
hammer price
hammer throw
hammer thrower
hammer-like
hammercloth
hammerer
Hammerfest
hammerhead
hammerheaded
hammerings
hammerkop
hammerless
hammerlock
hammerman
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammerstein II
hammerstone
hammertoe

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAMMERING

bring
civil engineering
electrical engineering
empowering
fingering
flattering
flowering
hovering
lettering
lowering
mechanical engineering
pioneering
power steering
recovering
rendering
scattering
self-catering
suffering
wandering
watering
wondering

Synonyms and antonyms of hammering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HAMMERING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hammering» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hammering

Translation of «hammering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAMMERING

Find out the translation of hammering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hammering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hammering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

锤击
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

martilleo
570 millions of speakers

English

hammering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टंकण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يدق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стук
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

martelar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hammering
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

martelage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memukul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hämmern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

打撃
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

망치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hammering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

búa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॅमरिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dövme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

martellare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

młotkiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стукіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

percuție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφυρηλάτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gehamer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hamring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hamring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hammering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAMMERING»

The term «hammering» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.174 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAMMERING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hammering» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hammering» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hammering

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10 QUOTES WITH «HAMMERING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hammering.
1
Barbara Cartland
France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.
2
Ray Charles
Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.
3
Joan Didion
I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.
4
Charles Evers
I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.
5
Jeff Greenfield
There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And, to be blunt, there is no necessary connection between a moving life experience and the skills necessary for leadership.
6
James Hansen
You can't turn on your television without seeing these advertisements about clean coal, clean tar sands and the claim that there's more jobs associated with fossil fuels than other industries. That's of course not true. But they're hammering that into the voters' heads.
7
Patricia Highsmith
Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
8
Horace Mann
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
9
Horace Mann
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
10
Dennis Miller
What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt is the reason they put the articles in Playboy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAMMERING»

Discover the use of hammering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hammering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hammering Techniques in Greek and Roman Jewellery and Toreutics
This reference work which brings together tools of ancient toreuts (matrices, punches) and actual finds of hammered metalwork offers new complex approaches to study a particular technique of Greek, Roman and relaterd toreutics and jewellery ...
Michail Yu Treister, 2001
2
Hammering: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations HaltingMention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.ndash;George HerbertThe chief glory of a country, says Johnson, arises from its authors. But this is only when they are oracles of wisdom.
‎2008
3
Hammering at the Doors of Heaven
Emmerich, a bronze worker on the town's new cathedral, and Monika, a young widow with two small children, are befriended by a small band of believers. Guaranteed fiction!
Christine Schneider, 1998
4
Hammering Iron
In ancient Greece, sometime between the stories of Homer and the histories of Herodotus, something happened that changed the world.
L. S. Lawrence, 2012
5
Miner's Manual of Saw Hammering and Filing
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
J. H. (From Old Catalog] Miner, The B. F. Ulmer, 2010
6
Hammering Hank: How the Media Made Henry Aaron
A biography of Hank Aaron that describes how the media shaped the major league baseball player's career.
Mark Stewart, Mike Kennedy, 2006
7
How to Paint Classic Cars: Tips, Techniques and Step-by-Step ...
For panel repairs, hammers and dollies can be used in two ways: Indirect hammering In this technique, the hammer is brought down on the metal slightly to one side of the dolly, and makes use of the dolly's rebound effect. This method is most ...
Martin Thaddeus, 2005
8
The Cymbal Book
...an irregular regularity. Courtesy ofPaiste 8.4.5. HAMMERING: MECHANICALLY AND BY HAND The hammering machines of Paiste and UFIP are quite similar to the ones that are used for the preliminary hammering of the K Zildjian cymbals.
Hugo Pinksterboer, Rick Mattingly, 1992
9
House Documents
1 hammering, thirty-nine dollars, ($39;) finished with No. 2 hammering, thirty-five dollars and fifty cents, ($35 50;) finished with No. 3 hammering, thirty-one dollars and fifty cents, ($31 50.) Architrave over columns, per foot in length, including ...
United States House of Representatives, 1862
10
Congressional Edition
Hammering No. 1. — This item now contains the quantities furnished by the synopsis of 1855, under the head of hammering No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3. The quantities of hammering in that synopsis were calculated from the small plan furnished by ...
‎1859

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAMMERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hammering is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Louth make limp exit after hammering by Tipp
Louth crest Louth's season came to an embarrassing end on Saturday afternoon after they were hammered by 3-21 to 0-7 against Tipperary in ... «Talk of the Town, Jul 15»
2
El Nino hammering China with huge economic losses
El Nino has triggered flooding this year in 20 of China's provinces, with heavy rain having affected 20.79 million people and resulted in 108 ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»
3
Durham aim to avenge hammering at Edgbaston
But first they need to take advantage of the absence of Keith Barker if they are to avenge their hammering at Edgbaston and stay on course for second place. «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
4
CHINESE SHARE SCARE: Equity hammering another blow to …
This could exacerbate the already tight credit situation in China's recycling sector, said David Chiao, who is also vp of Atlanta-based Uni-All ... «Metalbulletin.com, Jul 15»
5
The best reaction to Wexford's historic hammering of Kilkenny last …
Well, it seems they do if they play Wexford in a Leinster U21 hurling final and Conor McDonald scores more than the entire Cats team put together. 4-17 to 1-9 ... «SportsJOE, Jul 15»
6
Serena Williams learned from Roland Garros hammering by …
SERENA WILLIAMS today admitted she owes her calendar Grand Slam bid to Garbine Muguruza, the woman blocking her path to both that very target and a ... «Glasgow Evening Times, Jul 15»
7
Iron ore miners cop hammering
“We saw nickel come off 9 per cent, copper has gone through the floor, iron ore got a hammering,” he said. “There's crazy stuff happening in ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
8
Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) Falls Pray To Bears Hammering
Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) was firmly under the bears hammering in Brazil though it witnessed a small gain in the NYSE. As a result, the ... «Live Trading News, Jul 15»
9
Fiji Breaks Record For Biggest Win After Hammering Micronesia 38 …
Fiji broke the record for the biggest win in international football after pulverizing Federated States of Micronesia, 38-0 in the 15th Pacific Games ... «International Business Times AU, Jul 15»
10
Shane Ryan: Dubs to hand out a hammering to Westmeath
DUBLIN look destined to deliver another double-digit hammering en route to completing their second Leinster five-in-a-row in the space of just ... «Herald, Jul 15»

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