Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pick, especially with one end of the head pointed and the other end with a chisel edge for cutting through roots.
- intransitive verb To use a pickax.
- intransitive verb To use a pickax on.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pick, especially one with a sharp point on one side of the head and a broad blade on the other. The pointed end is used for loosening hard earth, and the other for cutting the roots of trees. See also cuts under
pick , n., 1. - To cut or clear away with a pickax.
- To use a pickax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
pickaxe . - verb Alternative spelling of
pickaxe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here's what I'm sure of: I wouldn't tolerate someone ripping my dog's teeth out (baby pigs); stuffing him in a cramped wire cage (egg-laying chickens); or swinging a pickax at his face (Blue-Fin Tuna).
Josh Tetrick: Food Stories Josh Tetrick 2011
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Here's what I'm sure of: I wouldn't tolerate someone ripping my dog's teeth out (baby pigs); stuffing him in a cramped wire cage (egg-laying chickens); or swinging a pickax at his face (Blue-Fin Tuna).
Josh Tetrick: Food Stories Josh Tetrick 2011
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A second report from April 2009 describes an Iraqi detainee as being covered in bruises and a scar from being bludgeoned with a pickax.
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The logo for Kirk Miller's debonair menswear label, Miller's Oath, is a pickax.
Ode to Handsome Darrell Hartman 2012
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A second report from April 2009 describes an Iraqi detainee as being covered in bruises and a scar from being bludgeoned with a pickax.
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Grabbing his pickax, he led her to an area with a bowl depression that had a retaining wall bricked around it.
Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010
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He lets the pickax fall to the ground and digs deep into his pocket for a cell phone, punches in some letters and lets Claire copy the number off the screen.
Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010
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His pickax is slung loose in one hand; it is thickly calloused—she can see the cracked lines of dirt even from her car.
Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010
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Miss Chatter took out a pickax on the chap. Fire Jim Bowden wrote that dislike of Dibble is a unifying force among Nats fans.
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Brian comes out in the first number, looking like a pioneer, carrying a leather shoulder bag and a pickax, singing about the thrill of the American frontier and the great move westward.
Theater Geek Mickey Rapkin 2010
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