Thesaurus: mallet

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1. n. 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.
2. n. a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
3. n. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
4. n. 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
5. 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.
6. A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving atool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a longhandle, -- used in playing croquet.
7. n:100 n. a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball n. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. n. 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