pickax

or pick·axe

[ pik-aks ]

/ ˈpɪkˌæks /

noun, plural pick·ax·es.

a pick, especially a mattock.

verb (used with object), pick·axed, pick·ax·ing.

to cut or clear away with a pickax.

verb (used without object), pick·axed, pick·ax·ing.

to use a pickax.

Origin of pickax

1275–1325; pick² + ax; replacing Middle English picois<Middle French, Old French; akin to French picpick². See pique¹

Words nearby pickax

pickaninny, pick apart, pick a quarrel, pickaroon, pick at, pickax, pickaxe, Pick cell, picked, picked over, pickeer

Example sentences from the Web for pickax

At the first stroke of the pickax it is ten to one but what you are taken up for a trespass.
An English Grammar|W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
After that somebody took a pickax and cracked in my jaw with it.
Behind the Beyond|Stephen Leacock
We got over the heavy floe-ice, to find ourselves confronted with jagged, rough ice, where we had to pickax our way.
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole|Matthew A. Henson
Jack and Alfonso were supplied with a pickax, a shovel and a basket.
The Slave of the Mine|Bracebridge Hemyng

Mrs. Surratt said to Mr. Morgan: "I am so glad you officers came here to-night, for this man came here with a pickax to kill us."
Between the Lines|Henry Bascom Smith

单词	pickax
释义	pickax or pick·axe [ pik-aks ] / ˈpɪkˌæks / noun, plural pick·ax·es. a pick, especially a mattock. verb (used with object), pick·axed, pick·ax·ing. to cut or clear away with a pickax. verb (used without object), pick·axed, pick·ax·ing. to use a pickax. Origin of pickax 1275–1325; pick² + ax; replacing Middle English picois<Middle French, Old French; akin to French picpick². See pique¹ Words nearby pickax pickaninny, pick apart, pick a quarrel, pickaroon, pick at, pickax, pickaxe, Pick cell, picked, picked over, pickeer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pickax At the first stroke of the pickax it is ten to one but what you are taken up for a trespass. An English Grammar\|W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell After that somebody took a pickax and cracked in my jaw with it. Behind the Beyond\|Stephen Leacock We got over the heavy floe-ice, to find ourselves confronted with jagged, rough ice, where we had to pickax our way. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole\|Matthew A. Henson Jack and Alfonso were supplied with a pickax, a shovel and a basket. The Slave of the Mine\|Bracebridge Hemyng Mrs. Surratt said to Mr. Morgan: "I am so glad you officers came here to-night, for this man came here with a pickax to kill us." Between the Lines\|Henry Bascom Smith
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