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mallet

noun

Definition of mallet

as in hammer

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Recent Examples of mallet Using a meat mallet or the bottom of a heavy skillet, pound the chicken to a uniform 1/2-inch thickness. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Learn to properly swing a mallet and glide across the field, or for the more confident rider, enjoy a day out playing with polo club members. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 24 Aug. 2026 This makes things all the more disorienting when, near the final act, Greg’s leg is chomped off by an allosaurus mid-mallet-fight, before the dino proceeds to eat him headfirst. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 In this 1970 photo, a 9-year-old Diana is holding a croquet mallet during a game at Itchenor, West Sussex. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mallet

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Noun

And less than 24 hours later, the NFL dropped the proverbial hammer on Greenlaw.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
With the run as a hammer and Baugh with 600 rushing yards in four games, Faulkner’s attack was at times unstoppable through September.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of hammer

Noun

Its leader, Sergei Mironov, 73, once gained headlines by posing with a symbol of brutality — a sledgehammer given to him by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late Wagner mercenary leader shortly before his failed 2023 mutiny.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Whatever is decided in November, Sterling has taken a sledgehammer to his own reputation.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of sledgehammer

Noun

Forests harbor twice as many trees as those better able to resist a beetle outbreak.

— Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
The brothel is huge and painted black, like a plump beetle luxuriating in the sun, and the opulence of its internal decoration is matched by Kate herself.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of beetle

Noun

With the House narrowly split, just a few seats could determine which party holds the gavel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Levy shared the advice that Sheindlin gave him before the television icon handed off the gavel to her son.

— Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of gavel

Noun

With a bowler hat, a toothbrush mustache, and a crook cane, Charlie Chaplin’s bumbling alter ego the Tramp lit up the big screen.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Just three days after surgery to remove one of his kidneys, Miller slowly strolled right in — cane in hand — and took a seat with Council, firing off jokes without missing a beat.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026

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