jackhammer
IPA: dʒˈækhæmɝ
noun
- A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
verb
- (intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
- (transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
- (transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
- (intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
- To beat hard, to pound. (of the heart or pulse)
- (transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
- (transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.