Definition of hammered
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:having surface indentations produced or appearing to have been produced by hammering
- hammered copper
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They got hammered last night.
college students regularly getting hammered at keggers
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Those who stopped in the social hall for food, to eat, get a beverage or to shop for craft items, jewelry, souvenirs or ethnic bakery could view a large hammered copper frieze along the top of the wall.
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Hammered copper sinks are surrounded by raw granite tops and Viking, Subzero and Bosch appliances.
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First Known Use of hammered
1522
hammered Synonyms
Synonyms
besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunken, fried, gassed, drunk [slang], high, impaired, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced [slang], lit, lit up, loaded [slang], looped, oiled [slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [slang], ripped [slang], sloshed [slang], smashed [slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tiddly [chiefly British], tight, tipsy, wasted [slang], wet, wiped out [slang]Antonyms
sober, straightRelated Words
maudlin; beery; befuddled, bleary-eyed, crapulous, dopey (also dopy), rocky, strung out, stupefied; debauched, dissipated, dissolute; alcoholic, bibulous, dipsomaniacalNear Antonyms
abstemious, abstinent, dry, temperate, teetotal; clearheaded, cool, level, steadyHAMMERED Defined for English Language Learners
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