hammering
noun
[ ˈhamərɪŋ ]
• the action or sound of hammering something.
• a heavy defeat.
• "a 7–0 hammering by the league leaders"
hammer
verb
• hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object.
• "he hammered the tack in"
• attack or criticize forcefully and relentlessly.
• "he got hammered for an honest mistake"
Similar:
criticize,
censure,
attack,
condemn,
castigate,
chastise,
lambast,
pillory,
reprimand,
rebuke,
admonish,
remonstrate with,
take to task,
haul over the coals,
berate,
reproach,
reprove,
knock,
slam,
lay into,
roast,
cane,
blast,
bawl out,
dress down,
carpet,
slate,
slag off,
monster,
rollick,
chew out,
ream out,
pummel,
cut up,
bag,
excoriate,
objurgate,
reprehend,
• beat down the price of (a stock).
• "sceptical investors hammered the computer company's stock"
• declare (a person or company) a defaulter.
• "Willis was hammered in the recession"
Origin:
Old English hamor, hamer, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch hamer, German Hammer, and Old Norse hamarr ‘rock’. The original sense was probably ‘stone tool’.
take a hammering
• be subjected to a heavy defeat or harsh treatment.
• "small business is taking a hammering"
