gavel out

verb

To bang the gavel to indicate the conclusion of a court session.

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Meanings

verbgavel out (third-person singular simple present gavels out, present participle (US) gaveling out or (UK) gavelling out, simple past and past participle (US) gaveled out or (UK) gavelled out)

present singular third person gavels out · US participle present gaveling out · UK participle present gavelling out · US participle past gaveled out · US past gaveled out · UK participle past gavelled out · UK past gavelled out

  1. To bang the gavel to indicate the conclusion of a court session.

    After a marathon session that included more than 14 hours of mostly negative public comment, the council agreed 11 to 4 to fund the center, and then gaveled out just before 6 a.m.

    2023 June 10, Patricia Murphy, “OPINION: ‘Atlanta way’ long gone as city leaders face death threats over training center”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cite this entry
APA

gavel out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavel%20out

MLA

“gavel out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavel%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gavel out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavel%20out.

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