machete

noun

ma·​chete mə-ˈshe-tē 

-ˈche-;

-ˈshet

: a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon

Examples of machete in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The initial investigation by officers found that the victim, who is a uniformed security guard at the mosque, was praying inside when Davis approached him from behind and assaulted the security guard multiple times with a machete, police said. —Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2025

According to McCaskill, Johnson admitted to killing Mischa and her unborn child with a machete on July 12, 2024 after an argument between the two escalated. —Anna Turning, NBC news, 5 June 2025

It was discovered when a worker hacking in the brush hit the stone bridge with a machete. —Bonnie Gross, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2025

There’s at least one key scene that the show didn’t replicate wherein Joel takes Ellie to find some guitar strings, hacking a bloater to death with a machete along the way. —Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 26 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

Spanish

First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for machete

• agree
• allee
• banshee
• beastly
• bibi
• bowsprit
• carefree
• cerci
• chablis
• cowpea
• crappie
• crappy

Kids Definition

machete

noun

ma·​chete mə-ˈshet-ē 

-ˈchet-ē;

mə-ˈshet

: a large heavy knife used especially for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon