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Definition of Tomahawk
1. Verb. Cut with a tomahawk.
2. Noun. Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians.
3. Verb. Kill with a tomahawk.
Definition of Tomahawk
1. n. A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
2. v. t. To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Definition of Tomahawk
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. An ax/axe used by American Indian (First Nations) warriors. ¹
3. Noun. (basketball): A dunk in which the person dunking the ball does so with his arm behind his head ¹
4. Noun. (geometry) 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. ¹
5. Noun. (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. ¹
6. Verb. to strike with a tomahawk ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tomahawk
1. to strike with a light ax [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Tomahawk
1. A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron. Origin: Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan. To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk. Origin: Tomahawked; Tomahawking. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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