Definition of tomahawk
: a light ax used as a missile and as a hand weapon especially by North American Indians
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Lunch and dinner feature a three-course menu with a 35-ounce prime tomahawk chop ($90).
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Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, 44 S. Main St., West Hartford, offers a three-course Father's Day menu for $90 from June 15 to 17, which includes a 35-ounce prime tomahawk steak.
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On a fast break, McGee cocked the ball behind his head for a tomahawk jam.
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Those tomahawks of course can fly up to 1500 miles.
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On its base was a shield, surrounded by a musket, bow, arrows, tomahawk, and scalping knife.
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The Huskies were ahead 45-43 when the freshman forward posterized 6-foor-8 senior forward Cole Welle with a vicious tomahawk slam despite being fouled.
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They are equipped with tomahawk missiles, torpedoes, guns and a phalanx close-in weapons system.
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The restaurant will still offer large dry-age tomahawk rib-eye steaks worth well over $100.
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Origin and Etymology of tomahawk
Virginia Algonquian tomahack
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First Known Use: circa 1612
in the meaning defined above
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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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Definition of tomahawk for English Language Learners
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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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