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hammering


hammering/ˈhæmərɪŋ/ noun [SINGULAR, UNCOUNTABLE]
1. take a hammering/be given a hammering
to be attacked or defeated very severely:
  ▪ The city took a real hammering during the war.

2. the sound of someone hitting something with a hammer or with their hands:
  ▪ There was a loud hammering at the door.

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
take a hammering/beating (=be forced to accept defeat or a bad situation)
Small businesses took a hammering in the last recession.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I heard hammering outside the building.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
After much midnight hammering, a large wooden frame, covered in chicken wire with a drop down door was constructed.
But their attention was attracted to the sounds which arose in the background - a sort of confused hammering and shouting.
The hammering began again, loud, insistent and irregular.
The hammering of Jem and Eric followed him, as he rushed upstairs with the torch to Marius Steen's bedroom.
The pop music had been turned up quite loud now, and they were all hammering and banging away.
When the hammering stopped and they withdrew, it was noted that a rope hung from the cross-beam.

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