tomahawks
Native American axes
Tomahawks are light axes originally used by Native American peoples as tools and weapons.
The word entered English from Algonquian languages.
A tomahawk has a straight handle and a head that may be bladed, spiked, or clublike.
To tomahawk is to strike or kill with one.
The tomahawk steak, a thick ribeye with an extended bone, resembles the weapon's silhouette.
Bladed tool for chopping
blade · handle · edge · carve · whittle · adze · woodcutting · firewood
Ancestral social groups
- CherokeeIndigenous Southeastern nation
- ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
- MohawkIroquoian nation from Northeast
- IroquoisNative American confederacy
Sioux · Algonquin · Comanche · Cree · Ojibwe · Seminole · Cheyenne · wampum
Armed military engagement
- raidSudden armed incursion
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
scalping · weapon · melee · close combat · hand-to-hand · warrior · conflict · attack
Throw with great force
- tossLight, casual throw
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- targetObject of pursuit
- rotationTurning on an axis
accuracy · trajectory · release · spin · stick · bullseye · competition · backyard
Tender marbled steak cut
- bone-inWith skeleton intact
- grilledCooked on metal bars
- searedBurned on the surface
- beefBovine meat for eating
marbled · presentation · restaurant · steakhouse · plating · carnivore · butcher · cut
axe
Bladed tool for chopping
hew · blade · handle · edge · carve · whittle · adze · woodcutting · firewood · kindling
tribes
Ancestral social groups
- CherokeeIndigenous Southeastern nation
- ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
- MohawkIroquoian nation from Northeast
Iroquois · Sioux · Algonquin · Comanche · Cree · Ojibwe · Seminole · Cheyenne · wampum · peace pipe
battle
Armed military engagement
ambush · scalping · weapon · melee · close combat · hand-to-hand · warrior · conflict · attack · strike
hurl
Throw with great force
rotation · accuracy · trajectory · release · spin · stick · bullseye · competition · backyard · lodge
ribeye
Tender marbled steak cut
beef · marbled · presentation · restaurant · steakhouse · plating · carnivore · butcher · cut · frenched
- Frontier WarsIndian Wars, French and Indian War, cavalry charge, militia, militias
- arms and armorswords, shields, helmets, daggers, axes
- armsguns, rifles, pistols, swords, firearms
- Western decorcowhide rug, cowboy boots, navajo rug, adobe walls, cow skull
- Native Americanateepees, moccasins, totem poles, dreamcatchers, arrowheads
- Thrown Weaponsjavelins, spears, throwing knives, throwing axes, throwing stars
- tomahawk steakLong-boned ribeye cut
- tomahawk missileAmerican long-range cruise weapon
- tomahawk chopCrowd gesture mimicking axe swing
- tomahawk dunkOne-arm overhead basketball slam
- tomahawk throwHurling a small axe
- tomahawk throwingSport of hurling hatchets