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jackhammer

[ jak-ham-er ]

noun

  1. a portable drill operated by compressed air and used to drill rock, break up pavement, etc.


jackhammer

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noun

  1. a hand-held hammer drill, driven by compressed air, for drilling rocks, etc
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Origin of jackhammer1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; jack 1 + hammer
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“There will be a moment in time in 2028 when there will be no construction at LAX. There will be no jackhammers in the central terminal, there will be no orange cones,†he said.

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Led by Luis Chiappe, director of the Natural History Museum’s Dinosaur Institute, the paleontologists return with generators and tents and jackhammers and dental picks.

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We are on the set of “Tecto,†named for a superhero — played by Adam, who is played by Billy Magnussen — whose gimmicks are an “invisible jackhammer†and a glove that can cause earthquakes.

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The technician positioned me to slide through the metal arc of an MRI machine while the sound of jackhammers pounded.

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The hard road to restoring the rule of law to which Trump has repeatedly taken a jackhammer is paved by enforcing the law.

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