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axe

UK/æks/ US/ˈæks/ fairly common informal slang
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

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verb

1.

chop or split with an ax

  • “axe wood”
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2.

terminate

  • “The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it”
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Origin

From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Scots aix (“axe”), Dutch aks (“axe”), German Axt (“axe”), Danish økse (“axe”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øks (“axe”), Icelandic öxi (“axe”), Swedish yxa (“axe”), Latin ascia (“axe, mason's trowel”).

Phrases

  • axe bombing
  • Axe Creek
  • axe head
  • axe kick
  • axe murder
  • axe murderer
  • axe throwing
  • axe to grind

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