Definitions for Mallet

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Mallet mal·let

Spelling: [mal-it]

IPA: /ˈmæl ɪt/

Mallet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in Mallet (aellmt).

Definitions for Mallet

noun

1. a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
2. the wooden implement used to strike the balls in croquet.
3. Polo. the long-handled stick, or club, used to drive the ball.

Origin of Mallet

1375-1425; late Middle English maillet Middle French, equivalent to mail maul + -et -et

Examples for Mallet

My weight on the end of the rope hit me behind the ears like a mallet.

I told mallet if he would cook a goose, I would tip one over.

A stroke of the mallet may be more effective than the sculptor had hoped; but it was intended.

“If they [the owners] want to get their tires, that will have to be negotiated,” said mallet.

But the chisel slipped, the mallet fell too heavily, and he stopped.

With an inarticulate shout Pete went to the parlour and caught up the mallet.

I managed to get the helm hard up, and mallet jumped inboard.

mallet did as ordered, and was off in less than three minutes after we got alongside.

Carlos Gracida 53, was killed in a freak accident, after his horse was hit on the head by another player's mallet.

He had to use his mallet to push himself back on board his polo pony, according to a report in today's Daily Express.