JACKHAMMER

Noun

jackhammer (plural jackhammers)

A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.

Synonyms

• pneumatic drill (British)

Verb

jackhammer (third-person singular simple present jackhammers, present participle jackhammering, simple past and past participle jackhammered)

(intransitive) To use a jackhammer.

(transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.

(transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.

(intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.

(of the heart or pulse) To beat hard, to pound.

(transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.

(transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.

Source: Wiktionary



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