Definitions for hatchet

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hatchet hatch·et

Spelling: [hach-it]

IPA: /ˈhætʃ ɪt/

Hatchet is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in hatchet (acehhtt).

Definitions for hatchet

noun

1. a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
2. a tomahawk.
3. hatchetfish.

Idioms

1. bury the hatchet, to become reconciled or reunited; make peace.
2. take up the hatchet, to begin or resume hostilities; prepare for or go to war:

verb (used with object)

1. to cut, destroy, kill, etc., with a hatchet.
2. to abridge, delete, excise, etc.:

Origin of hatchet

1300-50; 1670-80, Americanism for def 6; Middle English hachet Middle French hachette, diminutive (see -et) of hache ax Frankish *hapja kind of knife; akin to Greek kóp

Examples for hatchet

From Kimmel and Kanye burying the hatchet to a telekinetic coffee shop surprise, WATCH our countdown.

The hatchet struck my foot, and the blow roused me, and I sprang into the boat.

And, he added, a mayor would be foolish to attempt to “take a hatchet to the financial industry.”

This is not a hatchet job, and it certainly could have been.

The conviction of the man known as The hatchet, infamous for filming himself torturing gay people, is good news.

One of them was as tall as De Launay, gaunt and hatchet faced.

Oh, how I understood now the rascally-looking fellow, with his hatchet and tomahawk!

According to the police report, officers also found a Taser and a hatchet in the house.

The next moment he threw the hatchet at me, and began to run toward me.

The muses, like vines, may be pruned, but not with a hatchet.