A period of being beaten or hammered.
Repeated hammerings by the smith thin the metal and make it tough.
A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.
A heavy defeat.
Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure
present participle and gerund of hammer
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