tom·a·hawk
ˈtä-mi-ˌhȯk 
plural tomahawks
: a light ax used as a missile and as a hand weapon especially by North American Indigenous people
tomahawked; tomahawking; tomahawks
: to cut, strike, or kill with a tomahawk
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
Salmon carpaccio is great for light eaters, for example, while the big baller brunch, with its 42-ounce tomahawk ribeye, waffles, eggs and hashbrowns, is bachelor party worthy.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025
Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Gallen left another pitch up in the fourth and Albies tomahawked it out to right, tying it at 3.
—John Marshall, ajc, 4 June 2023
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Noun
The restaurant menu features the typical spread of strips, filets and tomahawks and monumental seafood towers.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
Salmon carpaccio is great for light eaters, for example, while the big baller brunch, with its 42-ounce tomahawk ribeye, waffles, eggs and hashbrowns, is bachelor party worthy.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025
Verb
By the end of the night, Torkelson struck out, grabbed his bat with two hands, lifted it over his head and tomahawked it toward the dirt near home plate.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Gallen left another pitch up in the fourth and Albies tomahawked it out to right, tying it at 3.
—John Marshall, ajc, 4 June 2023
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“Tomahawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tomahawk. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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