tomahawk

== English == === Etymology === From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (US) /ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/, /ˈtɑ.mə.hɑk/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒm.ə.hɔːk/ === Noun === tomahawk (plural tomahawks) An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler. Synonym: (generic term) hatchet (basketball) A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head. (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. (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tomahawk (third-person singular simple present tomahawks, present participle tomahawking, simple past and past participle tomahawked) (transitive) To strike or cut up with a tomahawk. 1906, FE Smith, maiden speech to House of Commons, 12 Mar 1906: Not satisfied with tomahawking our colleagues in the country, they ask the scanty remnant in the House to join in the scalp dance. (historical, transitive) To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it. (basketball, transitive) To perform a tomahawk dunk. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“ax”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“ax”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ.ma.ok/ === Noun === tomahawk m (plural tomahawks) tomahawk === References === === Further reading === “tomahawk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tomahawk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔˈma.xɔk/ Rhymes: -axɔk Syllabification: to‧ma‧hawk === Noun === tomahawk m inan tomahawk (axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tomahawk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) tomahawk in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Noun === tomahawk m (plural tomahawks) tomahawk (type of American Indian axe) === Further reading === “tomahawk”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tomahawk. === Noun === tomahawk n (plural tomahawkuri) tomahawk ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tomahawk. === Noun === tomahawk c a tomahawk ==== Declension ==== === References === “tomahawk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tomahawk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tomahawk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)