tomahawk, hatchet
(noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
tomahawk
(verb) kill with a tomahawk
tomahawk
(verb) cut with a tomahawk
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tomahawk (plural Tomahawks)
(military) The BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings, which can be launched from a ship or submarine.
tomahawk (plural tomahawks)
An ax used by Native American warriors.
(basketball) A dunk in which the person dunking the ball does so with his arm behind his head.
(geometry) A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.
(field hockey) A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.
tomahawk (third-person singular simple present tomahawks, present participle tomahawking, simple past and past participle tomahawked)
To strike with a tomahawk.
Source: Wiktionary
Tom"a*hawk, n. Etym: [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.]
Definition: A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
Tom"a*hawk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tomahawked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tomahawking.]
Definition: To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
