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Examples of gavel
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Jim Roosevelt, co-chair of the committee, tried repeatedly to gavel it to order.
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Gates'public relations offensive comes just as the gavel is about to crash down.
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The campaign began with a poster of a burka-clad woman wielding a judge's gavel.
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The 68-year-old Wausau lawmaker held that gavel briefly more than 10 years ago.
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See gavel-happy congressman Henry Waxman, leading publicity-happy congressfolk.
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Those seeking to simply gavel TABOR down will try something else if this fails.
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The presiding officer sometimes uses the gavel of the Senate to maintain order.
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Justice for Kent must sound more like a banging gavel than a half-hearted whisper.
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It's just that time seems to move slowly when His Sedateness wields the gavel.
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- A small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
- A gavel is a small ceremonial mallet commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle and often struck against a sound block to enhance its sounding qualities. It is a symbol of the authority and right to act officially in the capacity of a chair or presiding officer. ...
- Gavel is a minor fictional character in the Marvel comics universe.
- Rent; Usury; interest on money; To use a gavel
- To dream of a gavel, denotes you will be burdened with some unprofitable yet not unpleasant pursuit. To use one, denotes that officiousness will be shown by you toward your friends.
- A wooden mallet used by a judge to bring proceedings to a start or to an end or to command attention in his or her court.
- Small, hammer-like item banged by some auctioneers to emphasize the sale of a lot. Often referred to figuratively in auctions.
- Presiding officer's mallet. Usually used when there is a breach of order, to adjourn a meeting, and to signal a recess. ...
- A small hammer that chairs sometimes rap once or twice to open or close a meeting.
