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hatchet

[ hach-it ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a tomahawk.


verb (used with object)

  1. to cut, destroy, kill, etc., with a hatchet.
  2. to abridge, delete, excise, etc.:

    The network censor may hatchet 30 minutes from the script.

hatchet

/ 藞丑忙迟蕛瑟迟 /

noun

  1. a short axe used for chopping wood, etc
  2. a tomahawk
  3. modifier of narrow dimensions and sharp features

    a hatchet face

  4. bury the hatchet
    to cease hostilities and become reconciled
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞丑补迟肠丑别迟-藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 丑补迟肠丑顎侥迟路濒颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hatchet1

1300鈥50; 1670鈥80, Americanism hatchet fordef 6; Middle English hachet < Middle French hachette, diminutive ( -et ) of hache ax < Frankish *hapja kind of knife; akin to Greek 办贸辫迟别颈苍 to cut ( comma, syncope )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hatchet1

C14: from Old French hachette, from hache axe, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German happa knife
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. bury the hatchet, to become reconciled or reunited; make peace.
  2. 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.

More idioms and phrases containing hatchet

  • bury the hatchet
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Example Sentences

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"They鈥檝e taken a hatchet to the Social Security Administration鈥 already we can see the effects."

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Since he's been in office, he's completely dissolved any barrier between himself and the Department of Justice, and his Attorney General Pam Bondi is honored to be his loyal hatchet woman.

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Which doesn鈥檛 mean 鈥淐rumb: A Cartoonist鈥檚 Life,鈥 is a hatchet job.

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This week saw the global markets ride a rollercoaster led by Donald Trump's trade tariffs, Madonna bury the hatchet with Elton John, and new details revealed about how the Titanic sank.

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When officers searched him they found Dighton was wearing body armour and was carrying a hatchet in his bag.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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