From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hammered (-m[~e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Hammering.]
1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to
hammer iron.
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2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
"Hammered money." --Dryden.
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3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor;
-- usually with out.
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Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry.
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