MALLET

Mallet

A mallet is a kind of hammer, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle and usually with a relatively large head.

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mallet

Noun

  1. A small maul with a short handle, used especially for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like.
  2. A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
  3. A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
  4. The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

Verb

  1. To strike with a mallet.


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