Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A handheld machine for drilling rock and breaking up pavement, operated by compressed air.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a hammer having a strong steel cutting blade, driven by compressed air in multiple rapid strokes, and used for cutting through pavement, concrete, or other hard substances.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A portable
percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used todrill orbreak hardmatter , for instancerock orconcrete . - verb To use a jackhammer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hammer driven by compressed air
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Examples
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I think I went to college with Ed Martin jackhammer
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“Working a jackhammer is a noble profession,” John said.
Father Fiction Donald Miller 2010
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“Working a jackhammer is a noble profession,” John said.
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“Working a jackhammer is a noble profession,” John said.
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I had never experienced that kind of jackhammer pain before, and I had to endure it until Monday rolled around when I could find a dentist to see me.
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We just heard from an eyewitness who said there was some kind of jackhammer that was being used and all of the sudden the bridge just completely collapsed.
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And how did such seemingly non-toyetic robot designs like one with only a head and arms and wheels with no body or another with a 'jackhammer' uni-leg come about when, even for the movie aesthetic, they are pretty far out there for a movie basically about a toy line?
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I have no idea what kind of jackhammer-powered wooden stake we have to drive through the hearts of those people to finally break the curse, but I'm up all night thinking about it.
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Then came the jackhammer bursts of antiaircraft guns.
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Three years ago I put a Wasp jackhammer broadhead thru a small doe.
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bilby commented on the word jackhammer
Worried.
September 18, 2009
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oooh don't click that link at work!
September 19, 2009