gaveling
/ˈɡævəlɪŋ/
verb
- Striking or banging a gavel (a small wooden hammer) to call a meeting to order, signal a decision, or demand attention.
- After the final ruling, the judge was gaveling firmly to close the case.
- The chairperson was gaveling the session to start the vote.
- The judge kept gaveling the courtroom to quiet the noisy spectators.