tomahawk

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/

Verb

historical

To strike or cut up with a tomahawk. / (historical) To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it. / (basketball) To perform a tomahawk dunk.

Japanese Meaning

トマホークを使って殴打または切断する行為 / （歴史的な用法）土地の所有を主張するため、周囲の木々を環状に切り刻む行為 / （バスケットボールにおいて）トマホークダンクを行うこと

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They decided to tomahawk the deer at dawn to feed the entire party.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らは一行全員に食べさせるため、夜明けにトマホークで鹿を切り刻むことにした。

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Sense（1）

To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.

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Sense（2）

(historical) To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.

He was the owner of 1,300 acres of land bought from the government and located where the city of Lexington, Ky., now stands. After his marriage he tomahawked an area of 600 acres near Carmichaelstown, […]

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Sense（3）

(basketball) To perform a tomahawk dunk.

When the league held its first slam-dunk contest in 1984 in Denver, Nance, then a Phoenix Sun, soared into the rafters with a basketball in each hand and tomahawked each one through the net before floating back to earth […]

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tomahawks

（ present singular third-person ）

tomahawking

（ participle present ）

tomahawked

（ participle past ）

tomahawked

（ past ）

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