Dictionary

1. (

• mallet ,

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

2. (

• mallet ,
• hammer ,

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

3. (

• mallet ,
• beetle

) 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 ;