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tomahawk
tom·a·hawk T0256000 (tŏm′ə-hôk′)n.1. A light axe formerly used as a tool or weapon by certain Native American peoples.2. A similar implement or weapon.tr.v. tom·a·hawked, tom·a·hawk·ing, tom·a·hawks To strike with or as if with a tomahawk.
[Virginia Algonquian tamahaac.]tomahawk (ˈtɒməˌhɔːk) n1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a fighting axe, with a stone or later an iron head, used by the North American Indians2. (Tools) chiefly Austral the usual word for hatchet[C17: from Virginia Algonquian tamahaac]tom•a•hawk (ˈtɒm əˌhɔk)
n. 1. a light ax used by American Indians as a weapon or tool. 2. any similar weapon or implement. 3. (in Australia) a stone hatchet of the Aborigines. v.t. 4. to attack, wound, or kill with or as if with a tomahawk. [1625–35, Amer.; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) tamahaac hatchet (= Proto-Algonquian *temah- to cut (it) off + *-a·kan- instrument for)] tomahawk
Past participle: tomahawked
Gerund: tomahawking
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| tomahawk | | tomahawk |
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| I tomahawk | | you tomahawk | | he/she/it tomahawks | | we tomahawk | | you tomahawk | | they tomahawk |
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| I tomahawked | | you tomahawked | | he/she/it tomahawked | | we tomahawked | | you tomahawked | | they tomahawked |
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| I am tomahawking | | you are tomahawking | | he/she/it is tomahawking | | we are tomahawking | | you are tomahawking | | they are tomahawking |
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| I have tomahawked | | you have tomahawked | | he/she/it has tomahawked | | we have tomahawked | | you have tomahawked | | they have tomahawked |
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| I was tomahawking | | you were tomahawking | | he/she/it was tomahawking | | we were tomahawking | | you were tomahawking | | they were tomahawking |
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| I had tomahawked | | you had tomahawked | | he/she/it had tomahawked | | we had tomahawked | | you had tomahawked | | they had tomahawked |
| Future |
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| I will tomahawk | | you will tomahawk | | he/she/it will tomahawk | | we will tomahawk | | you will tomahawk | | they will tomahawk |
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| I will have tomahawked | | you will have tomahawked | | he/she/it will have tomahawked | | we will have tomahawked | | you will have tomahawked | | they will have tomahawked |
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| I will be tomahawking | | you will be tomahawking | | he/she/it will be tomahawking | | we will be tomahawking | | you will be tomahawking | | they will be tomahawking |
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| I have been tomahawking | | you have been tomahawking | | he/she/it has been tomahawking | | we have been tomahawking | | you have been tomahawking | | they have been tomahawking |
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| I will have been tomahawking | | you will have been tomahawking | | he/she/it will have been tomahawking | | we will have been tomahawking | | you will have been tomahawking | | they will have been tomahawking |
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| I had been tomahawking | | you had been tomahawking | | he/she/it had been tomahawking | | we had been tomahawking | | you had been tomahawking | | they had been tomahawking |
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| I would tomahawk | | you would tomahawk | | he/she/it would tomahawk | | we would tomahawk | | you would tomahawk | | they would tomahawk |
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| I would have tomahawked | | you would have tomahawked | | he/she/it would have tomahawked | | we would have tomahawked | | you would have tomahawked | | they would have tomahawked |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tomahawk - weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indianshatchetweapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" | | Verb | 1. |  tomahawk - cut with a tomahawk cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" | | 2. |  tomahawk - kill with a tomahawk kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
TranslationsKriegsbeilτσεκούριascia di guerraтомагавкtomahawk
dig up (one's) tomahawkTo become angry. Of course he dug up his tomahawk—you insulted him in front of the whole town!See also: dig, tomahawk, updig up one's tomahawkRur. to get angry. (A jocular reversal of bury the tomahawk. Fixed order.) When Joe saw the mess we made, he dug up his tomahawk and went looking for us.See also: dig, tomahawk, uptomahawk
tomahawk [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). The stone was fastened to a wooden handle in various ways, such as by putting the stone into a hole through the wood, tying the stone to a handle with thongs, or splitting the handle and tying it about the stone with thongs. After the arrival of the European traders the stone implements were rapidly replaced by European-manufactured tomahawks of steel (trade tomahawks). Some tomahawks were also equipped with a pipe bowl and a hollow stem, which were used for smoking. The ceremonial tomahawk usually was richly decorated with feathers and paint. Some Native Americans had the custom of ceremonially burying a tomahawk after peace had been reached with an enemy. This custom is supposedly the origin of the colloquial phrase, "to bury the hatchet." Bibliography See H. L. Peterson, American Indian Tomahawks (1965). Tomahawk (Algonquian), a striking and throwing weapon used by the Indians of northeastern North America; a polished stone hatchet with a wooden handle or a globe-headed club. In the 16th to 18th centuries, tomahawks in the form of hatchets or poleaxes made of copper and iron, which were supplied to the Indians by the British colonists, were widely used. The handles of tomahawks were often decorated with feathers and designs or pictographic symbols. The tomahawk held symbolic meaning for the Indians in war rituals: painted red, it served as a sign of declaration of war or an invitation to join a military alliance. The expression “to bury the tomahawk (hatchet)” meant “to make peace.” MedicalSeehatchettomahawk
Synonyms for tomahawknoun weapon consisting of a fighting axSynonymsRelated Wordsverb cut with a tomahawkRelated Wordsverb kill with a tomahawkRelated Words |