mallet
IPA: mˈæɫɪt
noun
- 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.
verb
- (transitive) To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet.
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Examples of "mallet" in Sentences
- He was attacked with a mallet.
- Do you know who took the mallet
- I used the mallet when I made the cabinet.
- Mallet is a crater on the near side of the Moon.
- The mallet percussion cuts off where the timpani begin.
- The mallet was so heavy that he couldn't do any of the work.
- The mallet is approximately the size of a small bowling ball.
- The uncooked rice is soaked and then beaten with a wooden mallet.
- The mallet differs in hardness depending on the instrument and its range.
- A mallet would beat the layer, until it is soft to hang loose from the bole.
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