'Mallet' definitions:
Definition of 'mallet'
From: WordNet
noun
A sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
noun
A light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer]
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 [syn: mallet, beetle]
Definition of 'Mallet'
From: GCIDE
- Mallet \Mal"let\, n. [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See Mall a beetle.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mallet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air hammer,
- ball peen hammer,
- beetle,
- chipping hammer,
- chisel,
- claw hammer,
- drop hammer,
- electric hammer,
- jackhammer,
- modeling clay,
- pile hammer,
- point,
- raising hammer,
- riveting hammer,
- rubber mallet,
- sledge,
- sledgehammer,
- solder,
- soldering iron,
- spatula,
- steam hammer,
- stone hammer,
- tack hammer,
- triphammer