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n. A short-handled hammer, usually with a cylindrical head of wood, used chiefly to drive a chisel or wedge.

n. A tool with a large head, used to strike a surface without damaging it.

n. Sports A long-handled implement used to strike a ball, as in croquet and polo.

n. Music A light hammer with a rounded head for striking a percussion instrument.

n. A small maul with a short handle, used especially for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like.

n. A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.

n. A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.

n. The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

v. To strike with a mallet.

n. 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.

n. A small beetle or wooden hammer used by carpenters, stonecutters, printers, etc., chiefly for driving another tool, as a chisel, or the like. It is wielded with one hand, while the heavier mall requires the use of both hands.

n. The wooden hammer used to strike the balls in the game of croquet.

n. A dental hammer or plugger. See hammer.

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

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

n. 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

"The mallet is traded in for an ax, and the topiary zoo on the front lawn is omitted."

drumstick   

dental mallet    automatic mallet   

malleate    malleable   

malleter   

hammer    gavel   

gallet    palate   

chisel    hatchet    sledgehammer    hammer    axe    shovel    cleaver    sledge    crowbar    anvil