Slingshot vs. Tomahawk

Slingshotnoun

A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

Slingshotverb

To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.

Slingshotverb

(especially) To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.

Slingshotnoun

a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

Slingshot

A slingshot is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame held in the non-dominant hand, with two natural-rubber strips or tubes attached to the upper two ends.

Tomahawknoun

An ax/axe used by American Indian (First Nations) warriors.

Tomahawknoun

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

Tomahawknoun

(geometry) 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.

Tomahawknoun

(field hockey) 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.

Tomahawkverb

To strike with a tomahawk.

Tomahawknoun

A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

Tomahawkverb

To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

Tomahawknoun

weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American indians

Tomahawkverb

cut with a tomahawk

Tomahawkverb

kill with a tomahawk

Tomahawk

A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe native to the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America, traditionally resembling a hatchet with a straight shaft. The term came into the English language in the 17th century as an adaptation of the Powhatan (Virginian Algonquian) word.