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tomahawk

/ˈtɒ.mə.hɔːk/ /ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/

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noun

Tomahawk, hache de guerre

An ax used by Native American warriors.

Examples :

"The Native American history museum displayed a beautiful tomahawk, a type of ax used in battle. "

Le musée d'histoire amérindienne exposait un magnifique tomahawk, un type de hache utilisé au combat.

weapon history culture utensil military

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noun

Dunk en tomahawk

A dunk in which the person dunking the ball does so with his arm behind his head.

Examples :

"During the basketball game, the star player's tomahawk dunk was impressive. "

Pendant le match de basket-ball, le dunk en tomahawk du joueur vedette était impressionnant.

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noun

Tomahawk (construction géométrique)

A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.

Examples :

"The geometry student used a tomahawk to accurately trisect the angle in her homework problem. "

L'étudiant en géométrie a utilisé un tomahawk pour trisecter avec précision l'angle dans son problème de devoir.

math utensil weapon technical history

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noun

Tir tomahawk

A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.

Examples :

"During the school field hockey game, Sarah executed a powerful tomahawk shot, hitting the ball perfectly into the goal. "

Pendant le match de hockey sur gazon de l'école, Sarah a exécuté un puissant tir tomahawk, frappant parfaitement la balle dans le but.

sport action style

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verb

Frapper avec une tomahawk

To strike with a tomahawk.

Examples :

"The angry student tomahawked the crumpled paper ball at the teacher's head. "

L'élève en colère a frappé la boule de papier froissée à la tête du professeur avec un tomahawk.

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