hatchet
A small, light axe with a short handleA small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
» It's time to bury the hatchet.
Пришло время зарыть топор войны.
Час зарити сокиру війни.
Meaning
2 sensesA small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
Beil
топо́рикtopórik, топо́рtopór, томага́вкtomagávk
a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
(figuratively)Belligerence, animosity; harsh criticism.
to bury the hatchet
hatchet job
Examples
34 sentencesIt's time to bury the hatchet.
Час зарити сокиру війни.
ruПришло время зарыть топор войны.
Why don't we bury the hatchet?
You may use my hatchet if you want to.
I might try to borrow a hatchet from Tom.
I may try to borrow a hatchet from Tom.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hachet, a borrowing from Old French hachete, diminutive of hache (“axeFrom Middle English hachet, a borrowing from Old French hachete, diminutive of hache (“axe”), from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, *habjǭ (“knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Cognate with Old High German happa, heppa, habba (“reaper, sickle”), German Hippe (“billhook”), Dutch heep, hiep (“billhook”), and Ancient Greek κοπίς (kopís). Mostly displaced native Old English handæx, whence Modern English hand axe.
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Forms
plural: hatchetsSynonyms
1 synonyms- weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians:tomahawk