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hatchet
[hach-it]
noun
a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
a tomahawk.
verb (used with object)
to cut, destroy, kill, etc., with a hatchet.
to abridge, delete, excise, etc..
The network censor may hatchet 30 minutes from the script.
hatchet
/ ˈæʃɪ /
noun
a short axe used for chopping wood, etc
a tomahawk
(modifier) of narrow dimensions and sharp features
a hatchet face
to cease hostilities and become reconciled
Other Word Forms
- hatchetlike adjective
- ˈٳ-ˌ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of hatchet1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hatchet1
Idioms and Phrases
bury the hatchet, to become reconciled or reunited; make peace.
take up the hatchet, to begin or resume hostilities; prepare for or go to war.
The natives are taking up the hatchet against the enemy.
Example Sentences
Dighton arrived at Talbot Green police station in January armed with a hatchet, a pole and Molotov cocktails.
It was there that he was assaulted with a hatchet.
Trump took their side, saying that Musk needed to start using a "scalpel instead of a hatchet."
She called the mayor’s proposed budget “a hatchet to so many programs that Angelenos rely on” and said there was no “rhyme or reason” to some of the suggested cuts.
"The tariffs are taking a hatchet to small businesses across America," Jonathan Cathey, who owns a toy company in Los Angeles, told the BBC over the phone.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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