Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hammering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hammered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Hammering}.]
1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to
hammer iron.
2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
``Hammered money.'' --Dryden.
3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor;
-- usually with out.
Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hammering
n : the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the
pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {pound},
{pounding}]
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