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hatchet
hatch·et H0081700 (hăch′ĭt)n.1. A small, short-handled axe for use in one hand.2. A tomahawk.
[Middle English hachet, from Old French hachete, diminutive of hache, axe, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German happa, sickle.]hatchet (ˈhætʃɪt) n1. (Tools) a short axe used for chopping wood, etc2. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a tomahawk3. (modifier) of narrow dimensions and sharp features: a hatchet face. 4. bury the hatchet to cease hostilities and become reconciled[C14: from Old French hachette, from hache axe, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German happa knife] ˈhatchet-ˌlike adjhatch•et (ˈhætʃ ɪt)
n. 1. 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. 2. tomahawk. [1300–50; Middle English < Middle French hachette, diminutive (see -et) of hache ax < Frankish *hapja] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  hatchet - weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indianstomahawkweapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" | | 2. | hatchet - a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)ax, axe - an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handlebroad hatchet - a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerheadclaw hatchet - a hatchet that has a cleft for pulling nailshalf hatchet - a hatchet with a broad blade on one end and a hammer head of the other |
hatchetnoun axe, machete, tomahawk, cleaver I have a small hatchet, not near sharp enough.bury the hatchet make up, make peace, cease hostilities Can we bury the hatchet?Translationshatchet (ˈhӕtʃit) noun a small axe held in one hand. 短柄斧 短柄斧hatchet
give pap with a hatchetTo act or seem as though one is doing something with good or kind intentions when, really, the opposite is true. To "give pap" means for a mother to comfort an infant with her nipple—an intentional juxtaposition with the sharp and dangerous "hatchet." I thought Lauren wanted to be my friend, but then I found out she only invited me to sit at her table to make fun of me. Talk about giving pap with a hatchet!See also: give, hatchethang up (one's) hatchet1. To make peace with someone. It is most likely an earlier version of the phrase "bury the hatchet." Can you please hang up your hatchet and make up with your sister already? I can't take the constant fighting.2. To take a break from work; to stop working. Hang up your hatchet, buddy, it's lunchtime! It's really time for me to hang up my hatchet and find a new job somewhere else.See also: hang, hatchet, uphatchet jobA very critical attack on someone or something, especially through media outlets. The movie critic did a real hatchet job on the new film in last week's paper.See also: hatchet, jobhatchet manA person hired by a company to make sweeping changes to save money, usually by reducing staff. We knew our days were numbered when our company brought in a hatchet man to make cuts to the staff.See also: hatchet, mansend the helve after the hatchetTo make hasty, careless decisions; to discard something after encountering a setback. The image alludes to throwing away the handle ("helve") of a hatchet after the blade has broken off. Come on, I'm sure we can fix it—don't send the helve after the hatchet. My little brother always gives up at the slightest problem, no matter how many times we remind him not to send the helve after the hatchet.See also: after, hatchet, sendtake up the hatchetTo fight, especially in a violent manner. The feud has lasted for so long that neither family remembers why they took up the hatchet against the other.See also: hatchet, take, upbury the hatchet1. To make peace with someone. Can you please bury the hatchet and make up with your sister already? I can't take the constant fighting.2. slang To accidentally leave medical instruments inside a patient after surgery. The surgeons have a strict protocol to avoid burying the hatchet, so to speak.See also: bury, hatchetdo a hatchet job on (someone or something)To make a very critical attack on someone or something, especially through media outlets. The movie critic did a real hatchet job on the new film in this week's paper.See also: hatchet, job, onbury the hatchetFig. to make peace. Let's stop arguing and bury the hatchet. Tom and I buried the hatchet and we are good friends now.See also: bury, hatchethatchet mana man who does the cruel or difficult things for someone else; someone who does someone else's dirty work. He served as the president's hatchet man and ended up doing all the dirty work.See also: hatchet, manbury the hatchetMake peace; settle one's differences. For example, Toward the end of the year, the roommates finally decided to bury the hatchet. Although some believe this term comes from a Native American custom for declaring peace between warring tribes, others say it comes from hang up one's hatchet, a term dating from the early 1300s (well before Columbus landed in the New World). The word bury replaced hang up in the 1700s. See also: bury, hatchethatchet man1. A person assigned or hired to carry out a disagreeable task or unscrupulous order. For example, When it came to firing an employee, Arthur was his boss's hatchet man. This expression originally referred to a hired assassin but in the mid-1900s was transferred to less nefarious enterprises. 2. A person who attacks the reputation of others, especially a journalist hired to do so, as in You can count on Mary's column to destroy the mayor-she's the perfect hatchet man. This usage gave rise to hatchet job, meaning "harsh destructive criticism." [Mid-1900s] See also: hatchet, manbury the hatchet When people who have argued bury the hatchet, they agree to forget their argument and become friends again. Note: A hatchet is a small axe. They had finally buried the hatchet after their falling-out. Note: In the past, when Native American tribes made peace after fighting each other, it was traditional for each tribe to bury a tomahawk or small axe, as a sign of peace. See also: bury, hatcheta hatchet job INFORMALA hatchet job is strong, unfair, often public criticism which harms someone's reputation. Note: A hatchet is a small axe. The reporter set out to do a hatchet job on him and succeeded. The rest of the article is basically a hatchet job on the minister. Note: This expression may relate to violent gang warfare in the United States during the early part of the 20th century. See explanation at `a hatchet man'. See also: hatchet, joba hatchet man INFORMALA hatchet man is someone who is employed to do unpleasant tasks, especially to get rid of jobs in a company. Note: A hatchet is a small axe. Hall, they reckoned, was a hatchet man, out to shred the workforce and totally crush the union. Note: A woman who does a similar job can be called a hatchet woman. She had a reputation for being a ruthless hatchet woman. Note: This expression is usually used to show disapproval. Note: This expression may relate to violent gang warfare in the United States during the early part of the 20th century. Gangs often hired an assassin or `hatchet man' to hack an important member of a rival gang to death with a hatchet. This work was known as a `hatchet job'. See also: hatchet, manbury the hatchet end a quarrel or conflict and become friendly. This expression makes reference to a Native American custom of burying a hatchet or tomahawk to mark the conclusion of a peace treaty.See also: bury, hatchetdo a hatchet job on criticize savagely.See also: hatchet, job, onˌbury the ˈhatchet, ˌbury your ˈdifferences (of two people or groups) agree to forget past disagreements and be friends again: I’ve said I’m prepared to bury the hatchet, but John says he won’t forgive me for what happened.When Native Americans agreed to end fighting and begin a period of peace they held a ceremony in which they buried a hatchet or tomahawk (= a small axe).See also: bury, hatcheta ˈhatchet job (on somebody/something) (informal) strong criticism that is unfair or intended to harm somebody/something: The press did a very effective hatchet job on her last movie.In the past in the US, a hatchet man was a person who was paid to kill somebody, often using a hatchet (= a small axe). A hatchet job was originally therefore a murder.See also: hatchet, jobbury the hatchet1. tv. to make peace. (From an alleged American Indian practice.) I’m sorry. Let’s stop arguing and bury the hatchet. 2. tv. to leave surgical instruments in the patient. (Medical.) The idea that a doctor would bury the hatchet is a very old joke. See also: bury, hatchet bury the hatchet To stop fighting; resolve a quarrel.See also: bury, hatchetbury the hatchet, toTo make peace or call a truce. Some North American Indian tribes declared peace by burying a tomahawk, a custom described by Samuel Sewell in 1680 and referred to again in subsequent accounts of the American colonies. The term appears in Longfellow’s famous poem, “Hiawatha,” and by the end of the nineteenth century was a cliché for peacemaking on both sides of the Atlantic. See also: buryhatchet manA person who performs nasty tasks for his or her superior, such as firing subordinates, attacking the character of a political opponent, spreading rumors about a competitor, or the like. The term, so used since the 1940s, was applied particularly in politics and journalism, and the work so performed was also called a hatchet job. The magazine Newsweek had it on July 27, 1968: “He’ll be the hatchet man . . . just like Nixon was in 1952.” It also is used in other contexts, for example, “This critic did a real hatchet job on her concert.” A related term is character assassination, dating from about 1950, but it is no longer heard as often.See also: hatchet, manbury the hatchetTo make peace, to settle differences. The phrase comes from the practice among native American and Canadian tribes literally to bury a war axe at the end of hostilities. An 1680 report describes European colonists in what became New England: “Meeting wth ye Sachem [the tribal leaders] the[y] came to an agreemt and buried two Axes in ye Ground; which ceremony to them is more significant & binding than all Articles of Peace . . .”See also: bury, hatchethatchet
hatchet: see tomahawktomahawk
[from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped).
..... Click the link for more information. .hatchet[′hach·ət] (design engineering) A small ax with a short handle and a hammerhead in addition to the cutting edge. hatchet  hatchet A combination chopping and driving tool which has a wooden handle and a steel head, with a hammer face and a blade which is notched for pulling nails.hatchet a short axe used for chopping wood, etc. hatchet
Synonyms for hatchetnoun axeSynonyms- axe
- machete
- tomahawk
- cleaver
phrase bury the hatchetSynonyms- make up
- make peace
- cease hostilities
Synonyms for hatchetnoun weapon consisting of a fighting axSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)Related Words- ax
- axe
- broad hatchet
- claw hatchet
- half hatchet
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