Associations to the word «Axe»

AXE, noun. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.

AXE, noun. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

AXE, noun. (informal) A dismissal or rejection.

AXE, noun. (slang) (music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.

AXE, noun. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) (finance) A directional position or interest, by a dealer in a financial market – if one wishes to unload stock, one is “axed to sell” or “has an axe”. Derived from “have an axe to grind”, which is also used.

AXE, verb. (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.

AXE, verb. (transitive) To terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner.

AXE, verb. (transitive) To lay off: to terminate a person's employment

AXE, noun. (archaic) The axle of a wheel.

AXE, verb. To furnish with an axle.

AXE, verb. (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of ask

AXE HEAD, noun. The metal, cutting, portion of an axe.

AXE HEADS, noun. Plural of axe head

AXE MURDER, verb. Alternative form of axe-murder

AXE MURDERER, noun. Agent noun of axe murder: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe.

AXE MURDERER, noun. (figuratively) Any incredibly dangerous person.

AXE MURDERERS, noun. Plural of axe murderer

AXE TO GRIND, noun. Alternative form of ax to grind

AXE WOUND, noun. (vulgar) (slang) Vulva.

AXE WOUNDS, noun. Plural of axe wound

AXE, noun. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.

AXE, verb. Chop or split with an ax; "axe wood".

AXE, verb. Terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it".