Search Details

Word: tomahawk (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An ax/axe used by American Indian (First Nations) warriors.
  • basketball: A dunk in which the person dunking the ball does so with his arm behind his head
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »

Verb:

  • to strike with a tomahawk

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »