Synonyms for machete
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muh-shet-ee, -chet-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : məˈʃɛt i, -ˈtʃɛt i |
Définition of machete
Origin :- 1590s (in pseudo-Spanish form macheto), from Spanish machete, probably a diminutive of macho "sledge hammer," alteration of mazo "club," which is probably [Barnhart] a dialectal variant of maza "mallet," from Vulgar Latin *mattea "war club" (see mace (n.1)). An alternative explanation traces macho to Latin marculus "a small hammer," diminutive of marcus "hammer," from a base parallel to that of Latin malleus (see mallet).
- noun sickle
- noun weapon
- Stuart expected to see the Cuban cut down with one stroke of the machete.
- Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
- These they would disable with a “machete” and then tow ashore.
- Extract from : « Anting-Anting Stories » by Sargent Kayme
- Why, I could do the same if I chose, with the help of my machete.
- Extract from : « Adventures of a Young Naturalist » by Lucien Biart
- I may get stuck with a machete yet, if I have to wait long out here.
- Extract from : « Ahead of the Army » by W. O. Stoddard
- It looks worth a climb, and with axe and machete we make our way to it.
- Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
- Curumilla had cut its back sinews with a blow of his machete.
- Extract from : « The Indian Chief » by Gustave Aimard
- When he was beyond sight and sound, he dropped his machete and made his way as none but he could do.
- Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie
- It was a machete, the tool and weapon of the bushman of Central America.
- Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell
- Picking up the machete that lay at his feet, he felt of its edge.
- Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell
- There was his machete, to be sure, but what was this against the claws of a man-eater?
- Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell
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