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tomahawk
[ tom-uh-hawk ]
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.
tomahawk
/ ˈtɒməˌhɔːk /
noun
- a fighting axe, with a stone or later an iron head, used by the North American Indians
- the usual word for hatchet
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Origin of tomahawk1
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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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