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tomahawk

[ tom-uh-hawk ]

noun

  1. a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
  2. any of various similar weapons or implements.
  3. (in Australia) a stone hatchet used by Aboriginal peoples.


verb (used with object)

  1. to attack, wound, or kill with or as if with a tomahawk.

tomahawk

/ ˈtɒməˌhɔːk /

noun

  1. a fighting axe, with a stone or later an iron head, used by the North American Indians
  2. the usual word for hatchet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tomahawk1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Virginia Algonquian ( English spelling) tamahaac “hatchet,” equivalent to Proto-Algonquian temah- “to cut (it) off” (unattested ) + -a·kan- “instrument for” (unattested)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tomahawk1

C17: from Virginia Algonquian tamahaac
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Example Sentences

At Truist Park, which opened in 2017, a giant neon tomahawk beyond the center field fence slashes along with the crowd.

It once manufactured tourist items such as tomahawks and bows and arrows, which it sold to the Braves to offer at souvenir stands.

Australia will also acquire additional long-range strike capabilities for its defense force, including the tomahawk cruise missile for its destroyers, longer range air-to-surface missiles and long-range anti-ship missiles for fighter jets.

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One of my favorites involves a Native warrior practicing with his tomahawk.

Jimbo sat behind me, and patted me on the back with his heavy tomahawk of a paw.

That was right after an initial wave of U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missiles hit their targets around Aleppo and Raqqah.

The USS Arleigh Burke, a destroyer, and USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser, launched a total of 47 Tomahawk missiles.

You see people in war paint or doing the tomahawk chop and saying, “Scalp him.”

Each Tomahawk carries a single 1,000-pound bomb or 166 smaller cluster bombs.

When the seringuero starts out he equips himself with a tomahawk-like axe having a handle about thirty inches long.

I told Ward to tomahawk me if he wished, but that I must rest before moving another step.

Trowel and spade and tomahawk went furiously to work, and soon cleared away the gravel from a surface of three or four feet.

Then another warrior rushed into the circle and drove his tomahawk into a painted post near the fire.

This occurred at noon, and, after snatching a hasty meal, he put a tomahawk into Jem's hands and darted into the bush.

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