tomahawk
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.
to attack, wound, or kill with or as if with a tomahawk.
Origin of tomahawk
1Other words from tomahawk
- tom·a·hawk·er, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use tomahawk in a sentence
They attacked it with their tomahawks; but their weapons were blunted against the hard oak, clamped with iron as it was.
In the Wilds of Florida | W.H.G. KingstonThree Indians, swinging tomahawks and war clubs, sprang out from behind a pile of grape-blasted birch trees.
Shaman | Robert SheaTheir knives and tomahawks were red; fresh scalps dangled from their belts or swung from poles carried over their shoulders.
Four American Indians | Edson L. WhitneySome struck their tomahawks into the trunks of trees, while others brandished their knives, and uttered direful yells.
Wild Western Scenes | John Beauchamp JonesThis had scarcely been done when it was violently assailed by the tomahawks of the enemy, and a large breach soon effected.
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes | Various
British Dictionary definitions for tomahawk
/ (ˈtɒməˌhɔːk) /
a fighting axe, with a stone or later an iron head, used by the North American Indians
mainly Australian the usual word for hatchet
Origin of tomahawk
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse