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tomahawk¹
- /ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/ US
- /ˈtɑ.mə.hɑk/ US
- /ˈtɒm.ə.hɔːk/ UK
Where it comes from
From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).
noun tomahawks
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An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
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Similar: hatchet
- A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
- A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.
- 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.
verb tomahawks · tomahawking · tomahawked
- To strike or cut up with a tomahawk. In a moment the savage wretches dashed at him, and "tomahawked" the unfortunate man, who fell backwards into his cabin.
- To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it. He was the owner of 1,300 acres of land bought from the government and located where the city of Lexington, Ky., now stands. After his marriage he tomahawked an area of 600 acres near Carmichaelstown, […]
- To perform a tomahawk dunk. When the league held its first slam-dunk contest in 1984 in Denver, Nance, then a Phoenix Sun, soared into the rafters with a basketball in each hand and tomahawked each one through the net before floating back to earth […]
Tomahawk²
noun Tomahawks
- 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. U.S. Navy surface ships launching Tomahawks against Chinese targets would thus have to approach within China's antiship-missile perimeter to bring their missiles in range (more on this in chapter 4).
proper noun
- A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.
- A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.
- A township in Searcy County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
- A city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.
Translations
Talk about this word "tomahawk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tomahawk. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tomahawk. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tomahawk "tomahawk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tomahawk.Cite this
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title = {tomahawk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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