Hatchet

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætʃɪt

Origin

From French hachette, diminutive of hache ("axe"), from Old High German hāppa ("reaper, sickle"), from Proto-Indo-European *kop- ("to strike, to beat").

Full definition of hatchet

Noun

1. A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
• LongfellowBuried was the bloody hatchet.

Derived terms

• bury the hatchet
• hatchetation
• hatchet-faced
• hatchet job
• hatchet man

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut with a hatchet.