2. Verb. (third-person singular of jackhammer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jackhammers
1. jackhammer [v] - See also: jackhammer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackhammers
Literary usage of Jackhammers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Compresses Air Practice by Frank Richards (1913)
"With the jackhammers the cost is reduced by approximately one-half as compared
with drills of the other types. The old type of piston drill weighs about 250 ..."
2. Compresses Air Practice by Frank Richards (1913)
"In fact, increased efficiency is actually realized, and to a high degree, the
cost per ton with the jackhammers being about $0.15, each man producing about ..."
3. Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute ... Annual Meeting by Lake Superior Mining Institute (1913)
"To be used only with water tube type jackhammers. ... Each will accommodate /
jackhammers and i blowpipe, but only 6 machines are used on each at present. ..."
4. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"My method was to give them a fortnight or so on drifters, a week or so on
jackhammers and stopers, a few days with drill-fitters and pipe-fitters, ..."
5. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"Ingersoll-Rand Company, New York and San Francisco; jackhammers, stoping drills,
water-feed hammer drills, piston drills, stretcher bar hoist ..."
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