Meaning of Tomahawk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
2. 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.
3. A place name:
4. A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.
5. A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
6. A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.
7. 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.
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. A township in Searcy County, Arkansas.
10. 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.
11. An unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky.
12. An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
13. A city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
14. A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.

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“yeerely bring into our store house, at the beginning of their haruest two bushels of corne a man […] for which they should receiue so many Iron Tomahawkes or small hatchets.”

“At first, her presence was not observed; but, no sooner did the stranger catch a glimpse of her person, than he stopped, raised his hands in surprise, laid his rifle against a tree, and sprang forward; the girl closing her eyes, and sinking on the seat, with bowed head, expecting the blow of the deadly tomahawk.”

“U.S. Navy surface ships launching Tomahawks against Chinese targets would thus have to approach within China's antiship-missile perimeter to bring their missiles in range (more on this in chapter 4).”

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