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gav·el ¹

l) KEY

NOUN:

A small mallet used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer to signal for attention or order or to mark the conclusion of a transaction.
A maul used by masons in fitting stones.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
gav·eled , also gav·elled gav·el·ing , gav·el·ling gav·els , gav·els

To bring about or compel by using a gavel: "The chairman . . . tries to gavel the demonstration to an end" (New Yorker).

ETYMOLOGY:
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