jackhammer
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Synonyms: jack hammer, tack hammer, jackhammers, hack hammer
Antonyms: jack hammer, tack hammer, jackhammers, hack hammer
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Noun
- A portable [[percussive]] power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to [[drill]] or [[break]] hard [[matter]], for instance [[rock]] or [[concrete]].
- {{lb|en|metaphor}} Something that is very strong but also very rigid.
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To use a jackhammer.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[break]] (something) using a jackhammer.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[form]] (something) using a jackhammer.
- {{lb|en|intransitive|figurative}} To move like a jackhammer.
- {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To move (something) like a jackhammer.
- {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[strike]] (something) [[repeatedly]] with [[force]], to [[pound]].
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