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Webster 1913 Edition


Tomahawk

Tom′a-hawk

,
Noun.
[Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin
tomehagen
, Mohegan
tumnahegan
, Delaware
tamoihecan
.]
A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

Tom′a-hawk

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tomahawked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tomahawking
.]
To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tomahawk

TOM'AHAWK

,
Noun.
An Indian hatchet.

TOM'AHAWK

,
Verb.
T.
To cut or kill with a hatchet called a tomahawk.

Definition 2024


Tomahawk

Tomahawk

See also: tomahawk

English

Noun

Tomahawk (plural Tomahawks)

  1. (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.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ma.haːk/, /ˈtɔ.ma.hoːk/

Noun

Tomahawk m (genitive Tomahawks, plural Tomahawks)

  1. tomahawk

Synonyms

tomahawk

tomahawk

See also: Tomahawk

English

Noun

tomahawk (plural tomahawks)

  1. An ax/axe used by American Indian (First Nations) warriors.
    • 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia (published in Richmond in 1957), page 13:
      yeerely bring into our store house, at the beginning of their haruest two bushels of corne a man [...] for which they should receiue so many Iron Tomahawkes or small hatchets.
  2. (basketball): A dunk in which the person dunking the ball does so with his arm behind his head.
  3. (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.
  4. (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.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

  1. To strike with a tomahawk.
    • 1906, FE Smith, maiden speech to House of Commons, 12 Mar 1906:
      Not satisfied with tomahawking our colleagues in the country, they ask the scanty remnant in the House to join in the scalp dance.

Derived terms

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ.ma.ok/

Noun

tomahawk m (plural tomahawks)

  1. tomahawk

Portuguese

Noun

tomahawk m (plural tomahawks)

  1. tomahawk (type of American Indian axe)