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1. (n.) mallet
a hammerlike tool with an enlarged head, typically of wood, used for driving another tool, as a chisel, or for striking a surface without causing damage.
2. mallet
a light hammer used in playing a vibraphone, xylophone, etc.
3. mallet
the implement used to strike a ball in croquet or polo.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < MF =mailmaul+-et -et)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) mallet
a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
2. (noun) mallet, hammer
a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
3. (noun) mallet, 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
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1. (noun) mallet
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
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Sense: a type of small wooden hammer
We hammered the tent pegs into the ground with a mallet.
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 Afrikaans: hamer |
 Arabic: مِطْرَقَه |
 Bulgarian: чукче |
 Brazilian: marreta |
 Czech: palička |
 German: der Holzhammer |
 Danish: træhammer |
 Greek: ξύλινο σφυρί |
 Spanish: mazo |
 Estonian: puuhaamer |
 Farsi: چوب چکش مانند |
 Finnish: puuvasara |
 French: maillet |
 Hebrew: פַּטִיש עֵץ |
 Hindi: मुंगरा |
 Croatian: malj, batić |
 Hungarian: (fa)kalapács |
 Indonesian: palu kayu |
 Icelandic: (tré)hamar |
 Italian: mazza |
 Japanese: 木づち |
 Korean: 나무 망치 |
 Lithuanian: medinis plaktukas |
 Latvian: kokaāmurs |
 Malay: tukul |
 Dutch: hamer |
 Norwegian: (tre)hammer, (kjøtt)klubb |
 Polish: drewniany młotek |
 Persian: چوب چکش مانند |
 Pashto: د سوټك غوندى لرګى |
 Portuguese: marreta |
 Romanian: mai, ciocan de lemn |
 Russian: деревянный молоток |
 Slovak: drevené kladivko |
 Slovenian: leseno kladivo |
 Serbian: drveni malj |
 Swedish: klubba |
 Thai: เครื่องมือที่มีลักษณะเหมื |
 Turkish: tokmak |
 Taiwanese: 木槌 |
 Ukrainian: дерев'яний молоток |
 Urdu: ہتھوڑا |
 Vietnamese: cái vồ |
 Chinese: 木槌，槌棒 |
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