hammeringnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈhæm.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˈhæm.ɚ.ɪŋ/hammering noun [ S ] (DEFEAT)
an occasion when someone is defeated completely:
You should have seen the hammering I gave her in the second game.
Both countries took a tremendous hammering in the war.
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Winning, losing & scoring in sport
- against the run of play idiom
- close-run
- do the double over sb idiom
- drubbing
- game changer
- game-changing
- hold
- lead 1
- pip
- pummel
- retire
- run away with sth
- sink
- square
- strike gold idiom
- varsity
- walkaway
- walkover
- win
- won
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Winning and defeating
hammering noun [ S ] (CRITICIZE)
strong criticism:
Store cards have taken a hammering in recent years because of their high interest rates.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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