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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   mallet
       n 1: a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a
            hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
       2: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
          such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas,
          glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer]
       3: 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 [syn:
          mallet, beetle]