tomahawk.
An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
Meaning & usage
An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
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.
Where this word comes from
From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).
To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.
To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.
To perform a tomahawk dunk.
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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