tomahawk
noun
a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
tomahawked
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past participleof tomahawk.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tomahawk.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tomahawknouna light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
Example Sentences
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Gallen left another pitch up in the fourth and Albies tomahawked it out to right, tying it at 3.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
"He got the outs. Calhoun just tomahawked that ball. It’s why it’s the big leagues."
From Fox News ● Apr. 25, 2021
I’m telling you, it cut a yard, and it was tomahawked.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 24, 2020
When his forward progress was halted by Perkins’s mighty right arm to his chest, Griffin tomahawked the ball into the basket.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2012
Day and night they were on their guard; the chirping of the small bird by day, as well as the hooting of an owl by night—either might be the feigned voice of a tomahawked enemy.
From Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman
