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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A place name:
A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.
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name
A place name:
A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.
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name
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A number of places in the United States:
A township in Searcy County, Arkansas.
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name
A place name:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky.
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name
A place name:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
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name
A place name:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
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name
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.
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noun
An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
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Synonyms: hatchet
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noun
A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
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Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
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.
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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
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.
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Qualifier: field hockey
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noun
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.
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Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.
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Usage: historical, transitive
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verb
To perform a tomahawk dunk.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hatchet
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Broader terms: weapon, arm, weapon system
verb
kill with a tomahawk
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Broader terms: kill
verb
cut with a tomahawk
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Broader terms: cut
History
From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).
Across languages
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
