mallet

IPA: mˈæɫɪt

A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
(weaponry) A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
(music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
(games) A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
(sports) The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
A type of articulated locomotive, in which there are two powered trucks, with the rear truck being rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front powered truck is attached to the rear by a hinge, so that it may swing from side to side, and with the front end of the boiler resting upon a sliding bearing on the swinging front truck.
(cryptography) Often the malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.

Examples of "mallet" in Sentences

"Well, a mallet is a small beetle, without rings."
I didn't see "mallet" in malleus and read Bad'n'Badder.
Hey, The Mighty Fek’lhr is the one with the ba’Sin mallet!
Stone Soup-Don’t make Him dig the ba’Sin mallet out of your mother!
February 23rd, 2010 at 11: 35 pm whos mallet is it anyway??? lol sounds awesome!
The mallet is traded in for an ax, and the topiary zoo on the front lawn is omitted.
* BUYERS TIP: With putters, if you like to balance back and forth on a straight line, then a mallet is the answer.
Back in the sport's infancy, say 2005, the mallet was a primitive device - wood, heavy, like its cousin in croquet.
In elephant polo, however, your mallet is an unwieldy nine-feet long, and it's easy to lose sight of the ball under the massive animals.