Meaning

1 senses

  1. To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet.

Examples

12 sentences

  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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Origin

Inherited from Middle English maylet, borrowed from Old French maillet, from mail + -et.

Inherited from Middle English maylet, borrowed from Old French maillet, from mail + -et.

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Forms

mallets, malleting, malleted, malleted
Base formmallet · to mallet
3rd person singularmallets
Present participlemalleting
Past simplemalleted
Past participlemalleted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymallet
he, she, itmallets

Past simpleLesson

all personsmalleted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave malleted
he, she, ithas malleted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mallet

Word family

2 related words
RelatedmalleableC2malleate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mallA2mallardmalleableC2malmmalnourishedmalnutritionmalpractice
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