SLEDGEHAMMERS Synonyms

• a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

• the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

• a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

• the ossicle attached to the eardrum

• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

• a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

• a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

• a power tool for drilling rocks

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• beat with or as if with a hammer

• create by hammering

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

• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

• 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

• a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

• split (wood) with a maul and wedges

• injure badly by beating

• (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds

• a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone

• a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

• a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

• transport in a sleigh

• ride in or travel with a sledge

• beat with a sledgehammer

• a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

• split (wood) with a maul and wedges

• injure badly by beating