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mallet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mallet has 3 senses
- mallet(n = noun.artifact) Array - a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball; Array has particulars: croquet mallet, polo mallet, polo stick
- mallet(n = noun.artifact) hammer - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.; Array is a kind of drumstick
- mallet(n = noun.artifact) beetle - a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing; Array has particulars: carpenter's mallet, gavel
is a kind of sports implement
is a part of percussion instrument, percussive instrument
is a kind of hammer
CIDE DICTIONARY
mallet, n. [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See Mall a beetle.].
A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mallet, n.
1 a hammer, usu. of wood.
2 a long-handled wooden hammer for striking a croquet or polo ball.
1 a hammer, usu. of wood.
2 a long-handled wooden hammer for striking a croquet or polo ball.
Etymology
ME f. OF maillet f. mailler to hammer f. mail hammer f. L malleus
THESAURUS
mallet
air hammer, ball peen hammer, beetle, chipping hammer, chisel, claw hammer, drop hammer, electric hammer, jackhammer, modeling clay, pile hammer, point, raising hammer, riveting hammer, rubber mallet, sledge, sledgehammer, solder, soldering iron, spatula, steam hammer, stone hammer, tack hammer, triphammerROGET THESAURUS
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Impulse
N impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.
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