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hammered

ham·mered
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ham-erd]
    • /ˈhæm ərd/
    • /ˈhæm.əd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ham-erd]
    • /ˈhæm ərd/

Definitions of hammered word

  • adjective hammered shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer: a hammered bowl of brass; hammered gold. 1
  • noun hammered a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc. 1
  • noun hammered any of various instruments or devices resembling this in form, action, or use, as a gavel, a mallet for playing the xylophone, or a lever that strikes the bell in a doorbell. 1
  • noun hammered Firearms. the part of a lock that by its fall or action causes the discharge, as by exploding the percussion cap or striking the primer or firing pin; the cock. 1
  • noun hammered one of the padded levers by which the strings of a piano are struck. 1
  • noun hammered Track. a metal ball, usually weighing 16 pounds (7.3 kg), attached to a steel wire at the end of which is a grip, for throwing for distance in the hammer throw. 1
See all 26 definitions of hammered

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Origin of hammered

First appearance:

before 1515
One of the 27% oldest English words
First recorded in 1515-25; hammer + -ed2

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Parts of speech for Hammered

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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hammered popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for hammered

adjective hammered

  • beaten — Beaten earth has been pressed down, often by people's feet, until it is hard.
  • tamped — to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
  • wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
All 3 Synonyms of hammered

Antonyms for hammered

verb hammered

  • destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
  • discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • dissuaded — Simple past tense and past participle of dissuade.
  • failed — unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy.
  • halted — Simple past tense and past participle of halt.
All 9 Antonyms of hammered

Related words

  • anvil

    An anvil is a heavy iron block on which hot metals are beaten into shape.

  • bloom

    A bloom is the flower on a plant.

  • concha

    any bodily organ or part resembling a shell in shape, such as the external ear

  • drawbore

    a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.

  • ductile

    (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire.

  • dulcimer

    Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
All related words to hammered

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