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MALLET
mallet, beetle
(noun) 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
mallet, hammer
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
mallet
(noun) a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
Mallet (plural Mallets)
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.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Mallet
(cryptography) Often the malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
Synonym: Mallory
Etymology
Noun
mallet (plural mallets)
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.
A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
Verb
mallet (third-person singular simple present mallets, present participle malleting, simple past and past participle malleted)
(transitive) To beat or strike with a mallet.
Source: Wiktionary
Mal"let, n. Etym: [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See Mall a beetle.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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