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View synonyms for tomahawk

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


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Other Words From

  • toma·hawker noun

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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

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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