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Antonyms for hammered

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ham-erd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæm ərd

Definition of hammered

Origin :
  • Old English hamor "hammer," from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (cf. Old Saxon hamur, Middle Dutch, Dutch hamer, Old High German hamar, German Hammer. The Old Norse cognate hamarr meant "stone, crag" (it's common in English place names), and suggests an original sense of "tool with a stone head," from PIE *akmen "stone, sharp stone used as a tool" (cf. Old Church Slavonic kamy, Russian kameni "stone"), from root *ak- "sharp" (see acme). Hammer and sickle as an emblem of Soviet communism attested from 1921, symbolizing industrial and agricultural labor.
  • verb beat, hit
Example sentences :
  • There he hammered at weapons or chains or whatever happened to be his need.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • Garthorne hammered on it with his fists and shouted, but there was no reply.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • “Stand away from me,” hammered de Spain, eying Morgan steadily.
  • Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
  • They hammered each other on the back, they flung their hats into the air.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • He hammered the Saxons into Christianity: they were Teutons and could stand it.
  • Extract from : « From a Terrace in Prague » by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
  • Into these last the ends of the cords are laced and hammered.
  • Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
  • He clenched his fist and hammered loudly on the solid panel of the door.
  • Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
  • "None whatever," Gibson hammered his fist down on the table.
  • Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
  • He took up the poker and hammered the fire to small cinders.
  • Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
  • Hammered gold it was—five pounds weight, like a hoop of a barrel.
  • Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Orient » by Various

Synonyms for hammered

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