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tomahawk.

An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.

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noun/ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/US/ˈtɑ.mə.hɑk//ˈtɒm.ə.hɔːk/UK
  1. An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.

  2. A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

Where this word comes from

From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).

verb/ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/US/ˈtɑ.mə.hɑk//ˈtɒm.ə.hɔːk/UK
  1. To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.

    transitive
  2. To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.

    historical · transitive
  3. To perform a tomahawk dunk.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).

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