Hammering - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhæmərɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word hammering
Brit.  |ˈhæmərɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word hammering
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to hammer

noun

- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) (syn: hammer, pound, pounding)

Extra examples

The carpenters were hammering all afternoon.

The workers are hammering the studs to the frame.

The typist's fingers were hammering the keys.

He was hammering at the door.

New alterations were in hammering.

There was a loud hammering at the door.

I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.

I could almost feel my heart hammering in my throat.

Father is in his study, hammering away at a pile of work which he has to finish before morning.

If we can go on hammering away at the enemy for another day, I think we can defeat them.

I can hear Jane from here, hammering out a tune on the piano.

Tom is back at work, hammering out another story on his old typewriter.

All afternoon, Martin had been hammering away in the conservatory.

The rain was hammering against the window.

She stood outside the door, her heart hammering.

Word forms

noun
singular: hammering
plural: hammerings
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