hammered

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of hammer. Use this form for hitting that already happened.

   She hammered the loose floorboard back into place.

   The copper sheet had been hammered into a thin disk.

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2. 2
   adjectiveslangCanadaUK

   Very drunk after having too much alcohol.

   Like a boxer who has taken so many hits he can barely stand up.

   By the time the pub closed, half the lads were utterly hammered.

   He turned up to the meeting still hammered from the night before.

   Similardrunk, wasted, smashed, plastered, sloshed

   Oppositesober

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3. 3
   adjective

   Shaped or marked by being hit with a hammer or a similar tool.

   Like a metal spoon you bang with a rock until it goes flat.

   The hammered copper bowl caught the light with its dimpled surface.

   The sword's blade looked freshly hammered, still rough from the forge.

   Similarbeaten, wrought, forged

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