1.   Comes now the etymology to help readers rap their gavels when slanted words joust with each other.

2.   The Judge raps his gavel for silence.

3.   This was the issue Matt Drudge, the new Fox News hound, thoughtfully addressed after Judge Susan Webber Wright rapped her gavel across the national psyche Wednesday.

4.   A cheer went up in the chamber as House Speaker Newt Gingrich rapped the gavel to signify passage.