English Dictionary

tomahawk

/ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/

verb

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.

He tomahawked the log into firewood.

意味（1）

To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.

In a moment the savage wretches dashed at him, and tomahawked the unfortunate man, who fell backwards into his cabin.

意味（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, […]

意味（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 […]