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hatchet Definition

hatchet (hac̸hit)

noun

  1. a small ax with a short handle, for use with one hand: often the part of the head opposite the cutting edge is shaped like the striking portion of a hammerhead
  2. tomahawk

Etymology: ME hachet < OFr hachette, dim. of hache, an ax: see hachure

hatchet Idioms

bury the hatchet

to stop fighting; make peace

hatchet Synonyms

hatchet

n.

ax, machete, bill, billhook, tomahawk; see also ax.

Types of hatches include: bench hatchet, lathing hatchet, roofer's hatchet, claw hatchet, broad hatchet, tomahawk, pipe-tomahawk, battleax.

bury the hatchet

make peace, stop fighting, settle one's differences, come to terms, smoke a peace pipe.

hatchet Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bury: T in the Park T in the Park 2006 I'm burying the hatchet with The Ordinary Boy's.
  • take: Apart from snacks and water, we took only a hatchet, a small saw, and whatever scraps of rope we could find.
  • wield: So it's my job to wield the hatchet.
  • carry: Then M'ling had come to him carrying a light hatchet.
  • seize: Dowlas seized the hatchet, ready to dispatch the brute the moment it should be landed on the raft.
  • throw: Attacked by some particularly fierce bees, he defended himself by throwing a hatchet which flew up to the Moon.

Adjective modifier

little: But I am not too young to work, grandma, and I shall take my little hatchet and go into the wood.

Modifies a noun

  • man: Of course he was Chapman's hatchet man, don't think I didn't know that!
  • face: Her thin, hatchet face with huge glittering eyes perfectly conveyed the ultimate misery of evil.
  • blade: From hats to hatchet blades, the essence of town and Regatta celebrations since 1899 has been captured on film.

Browse dictionary entries near hatchet

  1. hatchery
  2. hatchel
  3. hatched
  4. hatcheck
  5. hatchback
  6. hatch
  7. hatbox
  8. hatband
  9. hat trick
  10. hat tree
  1. hatchet face
  2. hatchet job
  3. hatchet man
  4. hatching
  5. hatchling
  6. hatchment
  7. hatchway
  8. hate
  9. hate crime
  10. hate speech