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hammering

A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.

Hearing a hammering on the door, I ran downstairs to open it.
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  • “😅 I'm a lot less fussy. West Ham win and a hammering in Budapest for me!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

A period of being beaten or hammered.

Repeated hammerings by the smith thin the metal and make it tough.
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  • “It’s easy to assume the Dems won’t do anything but losing black representation is an existential threat to the party so they need to be hammering this”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “What about them? They weren't gonna be part of your protest or strike or hammering down someone's door anyway. History is full of revolutions that happened while people went about their business or didn't do shit.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “THIS. And the day keeps hammering the speed up pedal. You blink and it’s 4 months later.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “That's not incremental innovation. That's a 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩. And they did it at 1200 BCE. While the rest of the world was still hammering bronze. ⚗️ x.com/GemsOfINDOL...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Dear Roofing Company Your employees keep hammering to the tune of "A Shave and A Haircut" AND THEY DON'T FINISH THE TWO BIT IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(slang) A heavy defeat.

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