Definition of hammering a person

hammer    

verb - transitive

• to interrogate.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to question, interrogate.

  Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to question, interrogate':
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
pimp	Definitions include: a male talented in attracting females.
third degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
grill	Definitions include: teeth.
pump	Definitions include: to sell drugs.
fish	Definitions include: a person who has not had their first kiss or has never French kissed.
pick (one's) brain	Definitions include: to ask a serious of questions of a person who knows about a particular topic, in order to learn more about it.
dig	Definitions include: to support an action.
in the hot seat	Definitions include: being subjected to interrogation.

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Other terms relating to 'hammer':
banhammer	Definitions include: a metaphorical hammer that is wielded by operators or moderators when banning one or more users from an online community.
beef hammer	Definitions include: a penis.
dumber than a bucket of hammers	Definitions include: extremely unintelligent.
have a face like a bag of hammers	Definitions include: to be very ugly.
yellow hammer	Definitions include: an inbred person.

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