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dead-blow

dead-blow is the alternative form of deadblow.

Meaning of deadblow

Noun

deadblow (plural deadblows)

  1. (attributive) A hammer or mallet designed to minimize rebound from the surface being struck, useful in precision work and in tight locations.
    • The most important is that the feel of the chisel's cutting action should be transmitted through the mallet to the operator. Wood, steel and rawhide do this well; deadblow mallets don't.2000, Timber Framing: Journal of the Timber Framers Guild, page 11

Forms of dead-blow

pluraldead-blows

Questions about dead-blow

What is dead-blow the alternative form of?
Dead-blow is the alternative form of deadblow.

Words near dead-blow in the dictionary

  1. dead-alive
  2. dead-and-alive
  3. dead-ball era
  4. dead-beat
  5. dead-beats
  6. dead-blow
  7. dead-blows
  8. dead-born
  9. dead-bug
  10. dead-cat bounce
  11. dead-center

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