Definition of Jackhammers

1. Noun. (plural of jackhammer) ¹

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

jacket crown
jacket potato
jacket potatoes
jacketed
jacketing
jacketless
jackets
jackfish
jackfishes
jackfruit
jackfruit tree
jackfruits
jackhammer
jackhammered
jackhammering
jackhammers (current term)
jackhole
jackholes
jackies
jacking
jacking off
jacking up
jackknife
jackknife-fish
jackknife clam
jackknifed
jackknifes
jackknifing
jackknives
jackleg

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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