[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mallet \mal"let\, n. f. maillet, dim. of mail. see mall a
   beetle.
   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.
   1913 webster
see also:
mall 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
        percussion instruments
     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: beetle
see also:
beetle 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 moby thesaurus words for "mallet":
   air hammer, ball peen hammer, beetle, chipping hammer, chisel,
   claw hammer, drop hammer, electric hammer, jackhammer,
   modeling clay, pile hammer, point, raising hammer, riveting hammer,
   rubber mallet, sledge, sledgehammer, solder, soldering iron,
   spatula, steam hammer, stone hammer, tack hammer, triphammer

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