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gavel
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noun
a small mallet rapped on the table by a presiding officer in calling for attention or silence, or by an auctioneer
transitive verb gaveled or gavelled, gaveling or gavelling
- to strike with or as with a gavel
- to cause (a meeting) to end, be in order, etc. by striking a gavel
intransitive verb
to strike a gavel
See gavel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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