tomahawk

Meanings

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 An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.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

1. To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.
2. To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.
3. To perform a tomahawk dunk.

1. 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. A place name:
2. A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.
3. A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A township in Searcy County, Arkansas.
6. An unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky.
7. An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
8. A city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
9. A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.

Etymology

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