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tomahawk [ tom -uh -hawk ] SHOW IPA
/ ËtÉm ÉËhÉk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
any of various similar weapons or implements.
(in Australia) a stone hatchet used by Aboriginal peoples.
verb (used with object)
to attack, wound, or kill with or as if with a tomahawk.
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Origin of tomahawk First recorded in 1605â15; from Virginia Algonquian (English spelling) tamahaac âhatchet,â equivalent to Proto-Algonquian temah- âto cut (it) offâ (unattested ) + -a·kan- âinstrument forâ (unattested)
OTHER WORDS FROM tomahawk tom·a·hawk·er, noun
Words nearby tomahawk toluyl ,
Tolyatti ,
tolyl ,
tolyl group ,
tom ,
tomahawk ,
tomalley ,
toman ,
Tom and Jerry ,
tomatillo ,
tomato
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bill ,
billhook ,
can ,
cleaver ,
discharge ,
fire ,
hatchet ,
poll ,
sack ,
adz ,
chopper
How to use tomahawk in a sentence It once manufactured tourist items such as tomahawk s and bows and arrows, which it sold to the Braves to offer at souvenir stands.
At Truist Park, which opened in 2017, a giant neon tomahawk beyond the center field fence slashes along with the crowd.
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.
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, âScalp him.â
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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British Dictionary definitions for tomahawk
noun
a fighting axe, with a stone or later an iron head, used by the North American Indians
mainly Australian the usual word for hatchet
Word Origin for tomahawk C17: from Virginia Algonquian tamahaac
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