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gavel

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

  1. to strike with or as with a gavel
  2. 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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