TOMAHAWK

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

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Noun

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.

Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

tomahawk (third-person singular simple present tomahawks, present participle tomahawking, simple past and past participle tomahawked)

To strike with a tomahawk.

Source: Wiktionary

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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 It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.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

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