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单词 hatchet
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hatchet

[ hach-it ]
/ ˈhætʃ ɪt /
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noun

a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
a tomahawk.
hatchetfish.

verb (used with object)

to cut, destroy, kill, etc., with a hatchet.
to abridge, delete, excise, etc.: The network censor may hatchet 30 minutes from the script.

Idioms for hatchet

    bury the hatchet, to become reconciled or reunited; make peace.
    take up the hatchet, to begin or resume hostilities; prepare for or go to war: The natives are taking up the hatchet against the enemy.

Origin of hatchet

1300–50; 1670–80, Americanismfor def. 6; Middle English hachet<Middle French hachette, diminutive (see -et) of hache ax <Frankish *hapja kind of knife; akin to Greek kóptein to cut (cf. comma, syncope)

OTHER WORDS FROM hatchet

hatch·et·like, adjective

Words nearby hatchet

hatchback, hatch boat, hatcheck, hatchel, hatchery, hatchet, hatchet face, hatchetfish, hatchet job, hatchet man, hatchettite
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British Dictionary definitions for hatchet

hatchet
/ (ˈhætʃɪt) /

noun

a short axe used for chopping wood, etc
a tomahawk
(modifier) of narrow dimensions and sharp featuresa hatchet face
bury the hatchet to cease hostilities and become reconciled

Derived forms of hatchet

hatchet-like, adjective

Word Origin for hatchet

C14: from Old French hachette, from hache axe, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German happa knife
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with hatchet

hatchet

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