Associations to the word «Tomahawk»

TOMAHAWK, noun. An ax/axe used by American Indian (First Nations) warriors.

TOMAHAWK, noun. (basketball): A dunk in which the person dunking the ball does so with his arm behind his head.

TOMAHAWK, noun. (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.

TOMAHAWK, noun. (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.

TOMAHAWK, verb. To strike with a tomahawk.

TOMAHAWK, noun. (military) 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.

TOMAHAWK MARK, noun. Marking in a tree or other piece of wood created with a tomahawk. Often used to denote property boundaries in frontier settings.

TOMAHAWK, noun. Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians.

TOMAHAWK, verb. Cut with a tomahawk.

TOMAHAWK, verb. Kill with a tomahawk.