gavelling
Striking for order
Gavelling is the act of using a gavel—the small wooden mallet judges and auctioneers use to call for attention or signal decisions.
A judge gavels the courtroom to order; an auctioneer gavels a sale closed.
The chair kept gavelling but couldn't quiet the delegates.
Also spelled gaveling.
Offering prices or obeying
- lotLarge amount or portion
- soldExchanged for money
- hammerTool for striking nails
- auctioneerConducts public sales
reserve · increment · paddle · consignment · closing · final · sale · going
Temporary suspension of proceedings
- recessPause in activity
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- sessionScheduled time for activity
ruling · motion · vote · deliberation · quorum · proceeding · presiding · parliamentary
bidding
Offering prices or obeying
auctioneer · reserve · increment · paddle · consignment · closing · final · sale · going · estimate
adjournment
Temporary suspension of proceedings
session · ruling · motion · vote · deliberation · quorum · proceeding · presiding · parliamentary · closing
courtroom
Judicial proceedings chamber
sentencing · hearing · testimony · objection · chamber · bailiff · docket · sidebar · contempt · sustained
gavellinglosing control
Authority or composure failing
pandemonium · uproar · mayhem · free-for-all · bedlam