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hatchet (noun)

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  • hatchet — ► NOUN ▪ a small axe with a short handle for use in one hand. ● bury the hatchet Cf. ↑bury the hatchet ORIGIN Old French hachette little axe , from Latin hapia axe …   English terms dictionary

  • hatchet job — noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone s words or actions • Syn: ↑defamation, ↑calumny, ↑calumniation, ↑obloquy, ↑traducement • Derivationally related forms: ↑traduce (for …   Useful english dictionary

  • hatchet man — noun 1. a professional killer • Syn: ↑iceman • Hypernyms: ↑murderer, ↑liquidator, ↑manslayer 2. one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior • Syn: ↑enforcer …   Useful english dictionary

  • hatchet man — hat‧chet man [ˈhætʆt ˌmæn] noun hatchet men PLURALFORM [countable] informal HUMAN RESOURCES someone employed to make unpopular changes in an organization, especially ones which involve people losing their jobs * * * hatchet man UK US noun [C]… …   Financial and business terms

  • hatchet face — noun 1. : a long narrow face with sharp features 2. : a person having a thin sharp face • hatchet faced ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective * * * hatchet faced, adj. a thin face with sharp features. [1640 50] * * * hatchet face …   Useful english dictionary

  • hatchet job — noun A treatment which serves primarily to disparage its subject; a piece of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation. State of Denial by Bob Woodward is accused of being nothing more than an election year hatchet job by many Republicans. See …   Wiktionary

  • hatchet job — hatchet ,job noun count INFORMAL a very strong and unfair criticism, especially in the form of a newspaper article: They did quite a hatchet job on the District Attorney in yesterday s paper …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hatchet\ face — noun A long narrow face with sharp parts; also, a person with such a face. Johnny was sent to the principal s office because he called his teacher old hatchet face. He was hatchet faced and not at all handsome …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hatchet\ man — noun colloquial 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. Bill Lerner is the hatchet man for the Mayor s Party; he smears all the other candidates regularly. 2. An executive… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hatchet job — noun do a hatchet job on informal to criticize someone severely and unfairly in a newspaper, on television etc: Republican columnists did a hatchet job on Dukakis …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hatchet face — noun Date: circa 1666 a thin sharp face • hatchet faced adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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