Definition of tomahawk
: a light ax used as a missile and as a hand weapon especially by North American Indians
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The two victims, 15-year-old Timmee Jackson and 16-year-old Dionne Williams, died after being cut seven times each with a tomahawk.
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Saunders tossed his gun aside, drew back his tomahawk, and crashed it down on Doublehead’s forehead.
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The Seminoles rooting section broke into the tomahawk chop.
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The restaurant also kept its contemporary four-course prix-fixe menu with mains such as Chilean sea bass and Niman Ranch pork tomahawk.
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Junior guard Skylar Mays contributed 7 points and 6 rebounds, playing his usual attacking offensive game and throwing down a vicious one-handed tomahawk dunk in the face of two State defenders.
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The one under an internal investigation, the one who allegedly received $1,500 in illicit loans from a former ASM Sports agent, rose from the bench and flexed as Kerwin Roach soared through the sky for a tomahawk slam.
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Events will begin at 10 a.m. each day and will include gold panning, tomahawk throwing, candle making, archery, arts and crafts, hayrides and petting zoo.
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Dinner: The Beatrice Inn 285 W. 12th St., 212-675-2808 Chef Angie Mar has revamped the chophouse -- that now serves a 160-day whiskey-aged tomahawk ribeye for a whopping $375 -- into a West Village culinary destination.
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Origin and Etymology of tomahawk
Virginia Algonquian tomahack
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First Known Use: circa 1612
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On Mount Shuksan, Adam caught an edge on both the northwest couloir and the line above Hanging Glacier, his body tomahawking through space.
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There was Glover Quinn tomahawking the ball way from Doug Martin.
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In his first at-bat, with two runners on in the second inning, Austin looked at two changeups before tomahawking a high fastball high over the Green Monster to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead.
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First Known Use of tomahawk
circa 1650
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: a small ax used as a weapon by Native Americans
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: a light ax used as a weapon by North American Indians
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