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gavel
1[ gav-uhl ]
noun
- a small mallet used by the presiding officer of a meeting, a judge, etc., usually to signal for attention or order.
- a similar mallet used by an auctioneer to indicate acceptance of the final bid.
- Masonry. kevel 2.
verb (used with object)
- to chair (a legislative session, convention, meeting, etc.).
- (of a presiding officer)
- to request or maintain (order at a meeting) by striking a gavel.
- to begin or put into effect (a legislative session, motion, etc.) by striking a gavel.
gavel
2[ gav-uhl ]
noun
- feudal rent or tribute.
gavel
/ ˈɡ汹ə±ô /
noun
- a small hammer used by a chairman, auctioneer, etc, to call for order or attention
- a hammer used by masons to trim rough edges off stones
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gavel1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gavel1
Example Sentences
These should have been safely in Scotland's archives, not being offloaded to the highest bidder via a bang of the auctioneer's gavel.
Rather than give in, Self banged his gavel and ended the hearing.
Constitutional lawyer and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson pretty much turned over his gavel to Elon Musk and his teenage Dogeboys:
When Trump's New York trial adjourned with a final bang of the gavel on Friday, it also brought to a close this particularly fraught chapter in his personal and political history.
It's not the first time that the fight over who should hold the gavel has revealed deep rifts in the Republican Party.
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