mallet

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Mal=let

CIDE DICTIONARY

mallet, 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mallet, n.
1 a hammer, usu. of wood.
2 a long-handled wooden hammer for striking a croquet or polo ball.

Etymology

ME f. OF maillet f. mailler to hammer f. mail hammer f. L malleus

THESAURUS

mallet

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

ROGET THESAURUS

mallet

Impulse

N impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.