Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A small, short-handled ax for use in one hand.
- n. A tomahawk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
- v. To cut with a hatchet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
- n. Specifically, a tomahawk.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small ax with a short handle, designed to be used with one hand.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
- n. weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
Etymologies
Examples
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That is a what you call a hatchet job, similar to, “why do you hate America” when discussing people who disagree with the Bush administration.
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Cynthia McGuinness, mother of two young students, said it was painful to watch the board make cuts with what she described as a hatchet instead of a scapel.
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How can it be bipartisan when republicans offer no ideas and simply walk away from the table ie orrin hatchet evman
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Gerber makes quality gear and this hatchet is no exception.
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You think the only place to bury the hatchet is in the other guyshead.
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You think the only place to bury the hatchet is in the other guys head.
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A hatchet is preferable to the regressives past failed techniques which included a U-haul packed with amo-nitrate.
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The hatchet is a tool of beauty and the knife is the nastiest edge holding, high upswept point, deer gutting, peice of 6 inch fixed blade steel ever created as far as I'm concerned.
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Swagger was in Laos, leading what was called a hatchet platoon, whose mission was to serve as a blocking force into which other units would drive main force VC and North Vietnamese formations for heavy engagement.
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I hope Secretary of State-designate Clinton can find a spot for Samantha Power as they seem to have buried the hatchet from the primary days.
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