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How to pronounce “jackhammer”
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Pronunciation guide for jackhammer
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of jackhammer with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Connecting You to Your Movement Path
And it'll sound like somebody is dropping a jackhammer.
- Definition summary
- A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
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How to pronounce jackhammer
Connecting You to Your Movement Path

And it'll sound like somebody is dropping a jackhammer.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “jackhammer”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
- (figurative) Something that is very strong but also very rigid.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
- (transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
- (transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
- (intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
- (transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
- (transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
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