tomahawk

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
  2. verb cut with a tomahawk
  3. verb kill with a tomahawk

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

hatchet

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