tomahawk

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a small fighting axe used by Native Americans:

An Indian approached with tomahawk lifted.

Weapons range from Indian clubs and tomahawks to the longer-range guided missiles of today.

a missile (= flying weapon) that can be directed by a computer during its flight and that sometimes carries nuclear explosives:

The Tomahawk, a precision-guided missile, costs more than $1 million apiece.

The ships are armed with tomahawk cruise missiles.

a steak (= a thick, flat piece of meat ) with a big bone in it:

I ate the entire tomahawk by myself.

On the night we dined, the restaurant offered a tomahawk rib eye steak.

a small fighting ax (= tool with a blade) used by American Indians