Definitions for hammered

• Definition
• Anagrams (184)

hammered ham·mered

Spelling: [ham-erd]

IPA: /ˈhæm ərd/

Hammered is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in hammered (adeehmmr).

Definitions for hammered

noun

1. a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. one of the padded levers by which the strings of a piano are struck.
5. 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.
6. Anatomy. the malleus.

Idioms

1. under the hammer, for sale at public auction:

adjective

1. shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer:

verb (used with object)

1. to beat or drive (a nail, peg, etc.) with a hammer.
2. to fasten by using hammer and nails; nail (often followed by down, up, etc.):
3. to assemble or build with a hammer and nails (often followed by together):
4. to shape or ornament (metal or a metal object) by controlled and repeated blows of a hammer; beat out:
5. to form, construct, or make with or as if with a hammer; build by repeated, vigorous, or strenuous effort (often followed by out or together):
6. to produce with or by force (often followed by out):
7. to pound or hit forcefully:
8. to settle (a strong disagreement, argument, etc.); bring to an end, as by strenuous or repeated effort (usually followed by out):
9. to present (points in an argument, an idea, etc.) forcefully or compellingly; state strongly, aggressively, and effectively (often followed by home).
10. to impress (something) as if by hammer blows:
11. British. (in the London stock exchange) to dismiss (a person) from membership because of default. to depress the price of (a stock).

verb (used without object)

1. to strike blows with or as if with a hammer.
2. to make persistent or laborious attempts to finish or perfect something (sometimes followed by away):
3. to reiterate; emphasize by repetition (often followed by away):

Origin of hammered

First recorded in 1515-25; hammer + -ed²

Examples for hammered

Retailers were hammered by the scheme because checks and balances were scant in 2012, when the eBay grifting peaked.

A controversial Obama pick for a federal judgeship got hammered by Senate Democrats in a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

He hammered the Saxons into Christianity: they were Teutons and could stand it.

They hammered each other on the back, they flung their hats into the air.

“Stand away from me,” hammered de Spain, eying Morgan steadily.

Diplomats drawn from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and the European Union hammered out the accord on April 17.

Spain was hammered by the financial crisis and continues to bleed.

Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor got hammered by Republican Tom Cotton.

Garthorne hammered on it with his fists and shouted, but there was no reply.

There he hammered at weapons or chains or whatever happened to be his need.