Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A hand-held machine for drilling rock and breaking up pavement, operated by compressed air.
Wiktionary
- n. A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
- v. To use a jackhammer.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a hammer having a strong steel cutting blade, driven by compressed air in multiple rapid strokes, and used for cutting through pavement, concrete, or other hard substances.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a hammer driven by compressed air
Examples
“I think I went to college with Ed Martin jackhammer”
Rep. Carnahan and the Gladney Incident: the secret press conference. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
““Working a jackhammer is a noble profession,” John said.”
“I had never experienced that kind of jackhammer pain before, and I had to endure it until Monday rolled around when I could find a dentist to see me.”
“We just heard from an eyewitness who said there was some kind of jackhammer that was being used and all of the sudden the bridge just completely collapsed.”
“I have no idea what kind of jackhammer-powered wooden stake we have to drive through the hearts of those people to finally break the curse, but I'm up all night thinking about it.”
“And how did such seemingly non-toyetic robot designs like one with only a head and arms and wheels with no body or another with a 'jackhammer' uni-leg come about when, even for the movie aesthetic, they are pretty far out there for a movie basically about a toy line?”
“Then came the jackhammer bursts of antiaircraft guns.”
“Three years ago I put a Wasp jackhammer broadhead thru a small doe.”
how many people here have shot a deer and never found it, what did u shoot it with gun or bow.
“The sisters fell silent, listening to the woodpeckers jackhammer the trees.”
“Peter Mandel is an essayist and the author of 10 books for kids including his newest about a guy who runs a jackhammer and uses his belly on the job: Jackhammer Sam Macmillan/Roaring Brook.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jackhammer’.
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Americanism
American words
finest, fast food, acclimate, aluminum, alphabetize, airplane, affirmative action, arugula, backhoe, bangs, base board, bayou and 162 more...
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TECH - tools
A very wide category. There are possibly tens of thousands tool words in each of the world's languages.
broom, brush, feather duster, floor buffer, hataki, mop, mop bucket cart, needlegun scaler, pipe cleaner, pressure washer, sandblaster, sponge and 286 more...
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The Penis Game
Euphemisms for the penis.
See also:
A Testicle by Any Other Name
Ward, I'm worried about the beavermale interfemoral..., penis, dick, cock, prick, willy, percy, peter, one-eyed trouser ..., piece of pork, wife's best friend, dong and 79 more...
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tom, dick and harry
merry andrew, spotted dick, black jack, lazy susan, bloody mary, charley horse, doubting thomas, willy nilly, jolly roger, peg leg, catherine wheel, charlotte russe and 156 more...
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I Like the Sound of That
Cool words
apoplexy, theriomorphic, therianthropic, folksonomy, hoochie coochie, noxzema, steeplechase, dumbwaiter, faute de mieux, cathode, okeydokey, protocarnivorous and 90 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, J
jaggery, juju, jackanapes, jasper, jazzy, jostle, jaywalk, jerky, jawbone, jersey, jaw, junction and 83 more...
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Getting to Know Jack
jack-a-dandy, jack-in-the-box, jack-in-the-pulpit, jack-o-lantern, jack-of-all-trades, jack-tar, jack-up, jack a dandy, jack a lent, jack cheese, jack crevalle, jack frost and 26 more...
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jack-of-all-trades
jack daniels, jack frost, jack russell, union jack, monterey jack, jack sprat, little jack horner, cracker jack, jack the ripper, jack rose, whiskey jack, jack rabbit and 69 more...
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