Tomahawk Definition
tŏmə-hôk
tomahawks
noun
tomahawks
A light ax, typically having a stone or bone head, used by North American Indians as a tool and a weapon.
Webster's New World
A similar implement or weapon.
American Heritage
(basketball): A dunk in which the person dunking the ball does so with his arm behind his head.
Wiktionary
(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.
Wiktionary
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.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- hatchet
- indian club
- poggamoggan
- stone ax
- ax
- war ax
verb
To hit, cut, or kill with a tomahawk.
Webster's New World
Origin of Tomahawk
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From an Algonquian (most likely Powhatan) word. Compare Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“ax"), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“ax").
From Wiktionary
Virginia Algonquian tamahaac
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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