Hatchet
noun
A small tool with a handle and a sharp blade, used for cutting wood.
I used a hatchet to chop the branches off the tree.
Often appears as...
- bury the hatchet
- swing a hatchet
noun
A weapon.
The attacker armed himself with a hatchet.
Often appears as...
- wield a hatchet
- hatchet attack
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make or chop something with a hatchet.
She hatcheted a path through the thick underbrush.
Often appears as...
- hatchet a path
- hatchet a way
noun
A dispute or argument.
They finally buried the hatchet after years of arguing.
Often appears as...
- bury the hatchet
- a hatchet job
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
A small tool with a handle and a sharp blade, used for cutting wood.
I used a hatchet to chop the branches off the tree.
Often appears as...
- bury the hatchet
- swing a hatchet
noun
A weapon.
The attacker armed himself with a hatchet.
Often appears as...
- wield a hatchet
- hatchet attack
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make or chop something with a hatchet.
She hatcheted a path through the thick underbrush.
Often appears as...
- hatchet a path
- hatchet a way
noun
A dispute or argument.
They finally buried the hatchet after years of arguing.
Often appears as...
- bury the hatchet
- a hatchet job
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Idiomatic
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Pro Tip 1/2Tool Not Weapon
Remember a hatchet is primarily a tool. Don't confuse its use with its weapon form.
He bought a hatchet for his camping trip to gather firewood.
Pro Tip 2/2Small and Handy
Hatchets are smaller than axes and are often used for tasks requiring less force.
She kept a small hatchet in her backpack for quick branch cutting.
Pro Tip 1/2Tool Not Weapon
Remember a hatchet is primarily a tool. Don't confuse its use with its weapon form.
He bought a hatchet for his camping trip to gather firewood.
Pro Tip 2/2Small and Handy
Hatchets are smaller than axes and are often used for tasks requiring less force.
She kept a small hatchet in her backpack for quick branch cutting.
Pro Tip 1/2Tool Not Weapon
Remember a hatchet is primarily a tool. Don't confuse its use with its weapon form.
He bought a hatchet for his camping trip to gather firewood.
Pro Tip 2/2Small and Handy
Hatchets are smaller than axes and are often used for tasks requiring less force.
She kept a small hatchet in her backpack for quick branch cutting.
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Video examples
Why nations should...
on a hot day in the tropics, so I said sure. And he whipped out his cellphone, dialed the number, and a voice said, "I'm up here." And right on top of the nearest coconut tree, with a hatchet in one hand and a cell phone in the other, was a local toddy tapper, who proceeded to bring down the coconuts for us to drink.
Video examples
Making a Bow from...
about four times the price of chicken I feel like I'm more accurate with a bow and arrow so if I can get a bow made maybe that'll give me an edge that will let me make those difficult shots basically just using a hatchet a knife
Video examples
Why nations should...
on a hot day in the tropics, so I said sure. And he whipped out his cellphone, dialed the number, and a voice said, "I'm up here." And right on top of the nearest coconut tree, with a hatchet in one hand and a cell phone in the other, was a local toddy tapper, who proceeded to bring down the coconuts for us to drink.
Video examples
Making a Bow from...
about four times the price of chicken I feel like I'm more accurate with a bow and arrow so if I can get a bow made maybe that'll give me an edge that will let me make those difficult shots basically just using a hatchet a knife
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Al Madrigal
American Comedian
I was a corporate hatchet man, and it's impossible for me to turn that off. It's this curse when I walk into businesses: 'That needs to be fixed, that needs to be fixed.
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Bret Hart
Canadian Wrestler
I always tell people you can't make peace half way: to make peace with somebody, you have to make peace and bury the hatchet, or you just keep fighting forever.
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Carry Nation
American Activist
I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.
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Ken Shamrock
American Athlete
I learned a long time ago that you need to bury the hatchet. No need to hold grudges. That only weighs you down.
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Ted Cassidy
American Actor
There's not too much opportunity to do that in ordinary life... there's not too much call for hatchet throwers.
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Eric Weinstein
American Mathematician
If you're allowing the political environment to infect your relationships, it's time to bury the hatchets.
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistani Politician
If you will work in co-operation, forgetting the past, burying the hatchet, you are bound to succeed.
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Sydney J. Harris
American Journalist
There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.
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Wild Bill Hickok
American Celebrity
When the war closed, I buried the hatchet, and I won't fight now unless I'm put upon.
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Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
Quote examples
Al Madrigal
American Comedian
I was a corporate hatchet man, and it's impossible for me to turn that off. It's this curse when I walk into businesses: 'That needs to be fixed, that needs to be fixed.
Quote examples
Bret Hart
Canadian Wrestler
I always tell people you can't make peace half way: to make peace with somebody, you have to make peace and bury the hatchet, or you just keep fighting forever.
Quote examples
Carry Nation
American Activist
I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.
Quote examples
Ken Shamrock
American Athlete
I learned a long time ago that you need to bury the hatchet. No need to hold grudges. That only weighs you down.
Quote examples
Ted Cassidy
American Actor
There's not too much opportunity to do that in ordinary life... there's not too much call for hatchet throwers.
Quote examples
Eric Weinstein
American Mathematician
If you're allowing the political environment to infect your relationships, it's time to bury the hatchets.
Quote examples
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistani Politician
If you will work in co-operation, forgetting the past, burying the hatchet, you are bound to succeed.
Quote examples
Sydney J. Harris
American Journalist
There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.
Quote examples
Wild Bill Hickok
American Celebrity
When the war closed, I buried the hatchet, and I won't fight now unless I'm put upon.
Quote examples
Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
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