Tomahawk (disambiguation)

Tomahawk usually refers to:

• Tomahawk (axe), a type of axe made and used by Native Americans
• Tomahawk (missile), a cruise missile built in the United States

It may also mean:

Media

• Tomahawk (film) (1951), directed by George Sherman
• Tomahawk (comics), a DC Comics character, published in his own series during the 1950s and 1960s
• Tomahawk (satirical magazine), a weekly magazine (1867–1870)
• Tomahawk (Transformers), a Transformers character

Military

• TE-416 Tomahawk, a U.S. sounding rocket
• Nike-Tomahawk, a U.S. sounding rocket
• Taurus Tomahawk, a two-stage elevator sounding rocket
• Hawk 81A, P-40B & P-40C, a U.S. World War II fighter aircraft
• Operation Tomahawk, an airborne military operation
• USS Tomahawk (AO-88), a World War II fuel supply ship

Transportation

• ITV Tomahawk, a French paraglider design
• Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, a light general aviation aircraft
• Tomahawk Railway, U.S. railroad
• Tomahawk (train), a train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road")
• Dodge Tomahawk, a concept motorcycle
• Tomahawk, a children's bicycle similar to the Raleigh Chopper
• Tomahawk (G.I. Joe), a helicopter in the G.I. Joe universe

Music

• Tomahawk (band), an alternative/experimental band fronted by Mike Patton
• Tomahawk (album), an album by Tomahawk
• Tomahawk Technique, an album by Sean Paul
• "Tomahawk", a single by BT and Adam K

Places

Australia

• Tomahawk, Tasmania, a town

Canada

• Tomahawk, Alberta, a hamlet

New Zealand

• Ocean Grove, New Zealand, formerly called Tomahawk from the Māori (Tomo-haka)
• Tomahawk, Tasmania
• Tomahawk Lagoon, a lagoon in Dunedin, New Zealand

United States

• Tomahawk Township, Searcy County, Arkansas, a township
• Tomahawk, Kentucky, a small community in eastern Kentucky
• Tomahawk, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a city
• Tomahawk (town), Wisconsin, a town adjacent to the city of the same name
• Tomahawk School District, a school district in Wisconsin
• Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a town
• Lake Tomahawk (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Tomahawk River, a river in Wisconsin

Sports

• Johnstown Tomahawks, a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
• Toronto Tomahawks, a former team in the National Lacrosse League
• Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. A, a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Mississauga, Ontario
• Williamsport Tomahawks, a former Class AA Eastern League baseball team in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
• In basketball, a one-handed slam dunk, where the ball is brought over the head before being stuffed into the basket, in a chopping motion
• In football/soccer, a name given to Cristiano Ronaldo's direct free kicks.
• A turning maneuver used in roller skating
• The United States national rugby league team, nicknamed the Tomahawks
• In field hockey, a type of hit where the hockey stick is turned so that the rounded side faces the ground and then swung in such a way that it hits the ball in a downward chopping motion
• In snowboarding, a Tomahawk (snowboarding trick) is a double McTwist 1260 first performed by Shaun White in the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Tomahawk T.T., Takuya Onodera, a Japanese professional wrestler

Miscellaneous

• Tomahawk (geometry), a mathematical tool that can be used to trisect angles
• Tomahawk (software), a cross-platform music player for Windows, Mac and Linux, see List of Linux audio software
• Tom Hawkins (footballer), an Australian rules footballer, nicknamed 'Tomahawk'
• Tomahawk, a set of Java Server Faces components created by the MyFaces development team prior to its donation to Apache

See also

• Tokamak, a magnetic confinement device, used in nuclear fusion experiments