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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hammered}; p. pr & vb n. {Hammering}.] 1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as to hammer iron. 2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. ``Hammered money.'' --Dryden. 3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hammering n : the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {pound}, {pounding}]
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