hatchet
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hatchet
- /ˈhæt͡ʃɪt/
Rhymes with -ætʃɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English hachet, a borrowing from Old French hachete, diminutive of hache (“axe”), from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, *habjǭ (“knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Cognate with Old High German happa, heppa, habba (“reaper, sickle”), German Hippe (“billhook”), Dutch heep, hiep (“billhook”), and Ancient Greek κοπίς (kopís). Mostly displaced native Old English handæx, whence Modern English hand axe.
noun hatchets
- A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk. “It must be admitted, Nick, you are a very literal logician—‘dog won't eat dog,’ is our English saying. Still the Yankee will fight the Yengeese, it would seem. In a word, the Great Father, in England, has raised the hatchet against his American children.”
- Belligerence, animosity; harsh criticism. to bury the hatchet
verb hatchets · hatcheting · hatchetting · hatcheted · hatchetted
- To cut with a hatchet.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tomahawk, machete, axe, chopper, wedge, hand, him, handleless, hache, pipe tomahawk, pickaxe, cutlass, pick-axe, scimitar, handsaw, pipehawk
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Talk about this word "hatchet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hatchet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hatchet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hatchet "hatchet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hatchet.Cite this
@misc{hatchet_2026,
title = {hatchet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hatchet},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
