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Meanings of mallet in inglês

português
malho
espanhol
mazo

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.

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        malho

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

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              Examples for "beetle"
              Examples for "beetle"
              1
              Indeed, one in four animal species on this planet is a beetle.
              Wired
              2
              Fish and Wildlife Service asking that the beetle removal work be stopped.
              The Guardian
              3
              In the great Dyticus water-beetle this is done in a curious way.
              Chatterbox, 1905.
              4
              Bartl said that optical computer chips won't actually run on beetle scales.
              Wired
              5
              The long-noses brought you here from the place of your beetle friends.
              Jem
              Usage of mallet in inglês
              1
              And I waved my mallet in the air with a graceful gaiety.
              Tremendous Trifles
              2
              Finally one of the sailors rose with a mallet in his hand.
              Harrigan
              3
              The gear in question is this mallet-head from Milwaukee-based bike peddlers Eighth-Inch.
              Wired
              4
              One man with a sword would make short work of his mallet.
              Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
              5
              These required driving in with a wooden mallet and a correct eye.
              Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories
              6
              Taking up the mallet, she struck the gong fair in the middle.
              Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
              7
              Your weapons range from a six-shooter to a mallet to a shield.
              The Irish Times
              8
              By its side lay a stone mallet perfect also in its finish.
              The American Family Robinson / or, The Adventures of a Family lo...
              9
              She hit it with a mallet, and everyone paused for a moment.
              The Valley of Horses
              10
              Then he thumped to the floor, the mallet flying from his hand.
              The Shining
              11
              A second time Thor let fly at the giant with his mallet.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 / A Magaz...
              12
              The mallet had been superseded by some heavier instrument-ofiron this time.
              The Little Nugget
              13
              The mallet went flying and Nish's whole arm began to go numb.
              Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
              14
              And what had the Sudanese with the mallet to do with it?
              The Summons
              15
              Awoke to sounds like some one hitting a board with a mallet.
              The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a...
              16
              Then he flung the mallet behind him with a whispered, terrified cry.
              The Shining
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              Translations for mallet
              português
              malho
              espanhol
              mazo
              Mallet through the time
              Mallet across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common