Tom and Mary went to see "Environmental Noise" live in concert. It was just a jackhammer and some angst-ridden crows.
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Jackhammer
//ˈd͡ʒækˌhæmɚ//
Synonyms for "jackhammer" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (4)
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4 entriescoordinate
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11 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 45 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- lughamerboor noun (portable percussive drill device)
Arabic
1 entries- آلَات ثَقْب الصُخُور noun (portable percussive drill device)
Armenian
1 entries- հետահար մուրճ noun (portable percussive drill device)
Belarusian
1 entries- адбо́йны малато́к noun (portable percussive drill device)
Bulgarian
2 entries- перфоратор noun (portable percussive drill device)
- пневматичен чук noun (portable percussive drill device)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 手提式氣鑽 /手提式气钻 noun (portable percussive drill device)
Czech
1 entries- sbíječka noun (portable percussive drill device)
Danish
1 entries- trykluftbor noun (portable percussive drill device)
Dutch
1 entries- drilboor noun (portable percussive drill device)
Esperanto
1 entries- pneŭmata martelo noun (portable percussive drill device)
Estonian
1 entries- pneumopuur noun (portable percussive drill device)
Finnish
1 entries- katupora noun (portable percussive drill device)
French
1 entries- marteau-piqueur noun (portable percussive drill device)
Georgian
1 entries- სანგრევი ჩაქუჩი noun (portable percussive drill device)
German
1 entries- Presslufthammer noun (portable percussive drill device)
Greek
1 entries- κομπρεσέρ noun (portable percussive drill device)
Hebrew
1 entries- פטיש אוויר noun (portable percussive drill device)
Hindi
1 entries- जैकहैमर noun (portable percussive drill device)
Hungarian
1 entries- légkalapács noun (portable percussive drill device)
Icelandic
1 entries- loftbor noun (portable percussive drill device)
Indonesian
1 entries- palu godam noun (portable percussive drill device)
Italian
1 entries- martello pneumatico noun (portable percussive drill device)
Japanese
1 entries- 削岩機 noun (portable percussive drill device)
Kannada
1 entries- ಜಾಕ್ಹಾಮರ್ noun (portable percussive drill device)
Kazakh
1 entries- отбойного noun (portable percussive drill device)
Khmer
1 entries- ម៉ូទ័របុកបេតុង noun (portable percussive drill device)
Korean
1 entries- 착암기 noun (portable percussive drill device)
Latvian
1 entries- pneimatiskais āmurs noun (portable percussive drill device)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pneumatinis gręžimo plaktukas noun (portable percussive drill device)
Malay
1 entries- gerudi tukul noun (portable percussive drill device)
Marathi
1 entries- खडक इ.ना भोके पाडण्याचे हत्यार noun (portable percussive drill device)
Mongolian
2 entries- доргиот алх noun (portable percussive drill device)
- нураах алх noun (portable percussive drill device)
Norwegian
1 entries- trykkluftbor noun (portable percussive drill device)
Persian
1 entries- مته دستی مخصوص سوراخ کردن سنگ noun (portable percussive drill device)
Polish
1 entries- młot pneumatyczny noun (portable percussive drill device)
Portuguese
1 entries- britadeira noun (portable percussive drill device)
Russian
2 entries- отбо́йный молото́к noun (portable percussive drill device)
- пневмати́ческий бури́льный молото́к noun (portable percussive drill device)
Slovak
1 entries- zbíjačka noun (portable percussive drill device)
Spanish
1 entries- martillo neumático noun (portable percussive drill device)
Tamil
1 entries- ஜாக்ஹாம்மர் noun (portable percussive drill device)
Telugu
1 entries- జాక్హామర్ noun (portable percussive drill device)
Turkish
2 entries- hilti noun (portable percussive drill device)
- martopikör noun (portable percussive drill device)
Uzbek
1 entries- soluvchi noun (portable percussive drill device)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cái búa khoan noun (portable percussive drill device)
Yiddish
1 entries- דזשאַקהאַמער noun (portable percussive drill device)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Tom worked with a jackhammer.
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Sounding like a miniature jackhammer in overdrive, a quiet morning’s peace is suddenly interrupted by bursts of loud, rapid tapping. It doesn’t take long, however, to realize that the intense and precise tapping is actually the sound of a woodpecker using his beak to search for his breakfast — usually insects or tree sap — in a neighboring tree.
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Tom snores like a jackhammer.
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