mallet

1. 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.

   Carpenters use mallets for assembling.

   We used a mallet to drive the tent pegs into the ground.

2. A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.

3. A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.

   Holzhammer, Klopfholz, Gummihammer

   кия́нкаkijánka, колоту́шкаkolotúška, деревя́нный молото́кderevjánnyj molotók

   a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball

4. A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.

   молото́кmolotók

5. The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

1. The carpenter gripped the mallet firmly.

   deDer Zimmermann schloss seine Hand fest um den Hammer. — Yorwba

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2. I have mallet problems at the moment.

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3. Tom hit the vibraphone with his mallet.

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4. He pounded the nail with a heavy mallet.

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5. I tried to hit the fly with a huge mallet.

   deIch versuchte, die Fliege mit einem riesigen Hammer zu treffen. — Yorwba

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