jackhammer
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈdʒækˌhæmər/
- US
:
martillo neumático
- It was hard to hear anything above the noise of the jackhammer working on the road.
- the sound of jackhammers
- jackhammer pounding
- the rattle of jackhammers
It must have been a jackhammer they put it in with and it was and I said, wow.
- It must have been a jackhammer they put it in with and it was and I said, wow.
- Either there's jackhammers or sirens or local crazy people.
- The architect sees the the lines, the musician hears the the jackhammer as a rhythm.
- If that was a medium, that sound could travel through the sun would be as loud as a jackhammer.
- So it's just, you know, the, the hammer to the jackhammer type thing, like where it's the evolution of just another tool that we're using.
- I plan on going in like a jackhammer, but it being as my first time experience, should I be more passionate?
Examples
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And when they came back, there was a jackhammer halfway through getting the safe out of the ground.
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Francine had to shout above the racket of the jackhammer in the street below.
Fiction book (1996) -
Tell the guy with the jackhammer to lay off, will ya?
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Ford says this truck can power a jackhammer using just those outlets in back and the truck's built in generator system.
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A hydraulic lifter will make heavy tools such as jackhammers more accessible for workers.
Blog text (33) -
They had to use a jackhammer right here so that they didn't snag the railings.
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Cutter's naked chest is soaked with sweat, and his heart is pounding like a jackhammer.
Fiction book (1992) -
Carmine gets tangled in the jackhammer's air hose and is dragged along, shouting for help.
Fiction book (1990) -
The construction crew used a jackhammer to break up the old concrete sidewalk.
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To remove the pavement, the workers relied on a powerful jackhammer to get the job done.
Synonyms
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5.0
A heavy drill that uses compressed air to break concrete or road surfaces
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5.0
A tool that runs on air to give strong, fast blows to metal
A heavy tool that uses air to break concrete or rock
A tool with an electric motor that drives nails or breaks hard things
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Etymology
Jackhammer joins jack, a tool like a car 'jack' that 'lifts' heavy things, and hammer, a tool that hits things. So a jackhammer is a powerful 'hammer' that 'helps' break hard surfaces like concrete or pavement.