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Definition of gavel:

(n) : a wooden mallet, used by a judge in a courtroom, or a chairman of a committee, struck against a sounding block to quiet the rabble down; the legal system as a whole
(v) : to use a gavel
"the judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendent burst out with a confession."
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Definition of gavel:

(n) : a wooden mallet, used by a judge in a courtroom, or a chairman of a committee, struck against a sounding block to quiet the rabble down; the legal system as a whole
(v) : to use a gavel
"the judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendent burst out with a confession."

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