gav·el 1 
(găvəl)
(găvəl)n.
1. A small mallet, especially:
a. One that a judge or presiding officer raps to signal for order.
b. One that an auctioneer raps to mark the end of a transaction.
2. A maul used by masons in fitting stones.
tr.v. gav·eled, gav·el·ing, gav·els also gav·elled or gav·el·ling
To bring about or compel by using a gavel: "The chairman ... tries to gavel the demonstration to an end" (New Yorker).
[Origin unknown.]
gavel1- up-to-date
- up-to-dateness
- up to ears
- Upton Beall
- up to neck
- up to (one's) ears
- up to one's ears
- up to (one's) neck
- up to one's neck
- up to scratch
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- up-to-the-minute
- uptown
- uptowner
- uptrend
- upturn
- upward
- upwardly
- upwardly mobile
- upward mobility
- upward of
- upwards of
- upward/upwards of
- upwell