noun (n)

• a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball(noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  hammer
  

  source: wordnet30
• a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  beetle
  

  source: wordnet30
• A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.(noun)

  source: webster1913