machete
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i, -ˈtʃɛt noun
1.
a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
2.
a tarpon, Elops affinis, of the eastern Pacific Ocean, having an elongated, compressed body.
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machete or matchet (məˈʃɛtɪ, -ˈtʃeɪ-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a broad heavy knife used for cutting or as a weapon, esp in parts of Central and South America | |
| [C16 macheto, from Spanish machete, from macho club, perhaps from Vulgar Latin mattea (unattested) club] | |
| matchet or matchet | |
| —n | |
| [C16 macheto, from Spanish machete, from macho club, perhaps from Vulgar Latin mattea (unattested) club] | |
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Word Origin & History
machete
1598 (in pseudo-Sp. form macheto), from Sp. machete, probably a dim. of macho "sledge hammer," alt. of mazo "club," probably a dial. variant of maza "mallet," from V.L. *mattea "war club" (see mace (1)). Alternative explanation traces macho to L. marculus "a small hammer,"
dim. of marcus "hammer," from a base parallel to that of L. malleus (see mallet).
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Example sentences
During the struggle the resident who had been pepper sprayed struck the suspect in the head several times with a sheathed machete.
The company hand-labels the bottles and cuts the sugarcane by machete in order to provide jobs.
While building the dam, the property owner had a serious encounter with a machete.
All he knew for certain was that if they penetrated that wall he'd have to fight them, with only a machete.
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