Synonyms for gavel
ˈgæv əlgav·el

Princeton's WordNet

1. gavelnoun

   a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

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1. • Mallet

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1. gavelnoun

   Synonyms:
   mallet (of a presiding officer)

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1. List of paraphrases for "gavel":

   hammer, maillet, harness

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How to use gavel in a sentence?

1. Melissa Buck:

   When you decide to foster and adopt you need a group of people around you that will be able to walk that journey with you, they have supported us every step of the way, and it doesn't end when the judge bangs a gavel and the kids have your last name.

2. Vice President Biden:

   I believed Anita Hill, and my one regret is that I wasn't able to tone down the attacks on Anita Hill by some of my Republican friends. I mean, they really went after Anita Hill. As much as I tried to intervene, I did not have the power to gavel them out of order.

3. General Counsel Carl Szabo:

   We made crystal clear to Twitter that if they continue to engage in suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story that there will be investigations, that there will be a lot of questions and concerns coming from Republicans, and we were likely to see that play out as soon as Republicans take the gavel in the House in January.

4. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   I want you to watch Nancy Pelosi hand me that gavel. It will be hard not to hit Nancy Pelosi with it.

5. Mark Meadows:

   I would love to see the gavel go from( House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi to House Speaker, you talk about melting down -- people would go crazy.