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tomahawks

tomahawks is the plural of tomahawk.

tomahawks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tomahawk.

Meaning of tomahawk

Noun

tomahawk (plural tomahawks)

  1. An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
    • 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.1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond, published 1957, page 13
    Synonyms:
    hatchet
  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. (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.

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Noun capitalized: Tomahawks

Tomahawks

  1. (plural) plural of Tomahawk

Phrases with tomahawks

Questions about tomahawks

What is tomahawks the plural of?
Tomahawks is the plural of tomahawk.
What part of speech is tomahawks?
Tomahawks is a noun.

Words near tomahawks in the dictionary

  1. tomahawk steaks
  2. tomahawked
  3. tomahawker
  4. tomahawkers
  5. tomahawking
  6. tomahawks
  7. Tomaino
  8. Tomainos
  9. Tomakin
  10. Tomala
  11. Tomalas

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