jackhammer

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"It felt like a jackhammer was working me over at the end of every day," Ulrich said.

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  1. noun A hand-held machine for drilling rock and breaking up pavement, operated by compressed air.

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  • He quickly shut the door again and stepped back, the jolt of adrenalin setting his heart off like a jackhammer. —  AnalogSFF,May2007
  • Otherwise I'd say maybe it was some chips kicked up by a jackhammer, or gravel flying off something traveling in front of him. —  EQMM, Sep/Oct 2005
  • Luckily, Enid answered her phone fairly quickly Enid , this is Leah,' she said swiftly, her heart hammering away like a jackhammer. —  FUGITIVEBRIDE
  • He puts his hand on Bucky to comfort himself, feeling him through his blue nylon Windbreaker, but still the voices pound in his brain like a jackhammer. —  The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  • But his heart pounded like a jackhammer in his chest. —  Mary Balogh - Truly
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