hugga — meaning in English

English meaning

• axe noun A tool with a heavy blade on one side of the head and a long handle, used for chopping wood.
• chisel noun A hand tool with a sharp flat edge, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
• chomp verb To bite or chew something noisily and heavily.
• hew verb To cut something down or reduce it using a sharp tool, such as an ax.
• knife noun A tool with a flat, usually metal blade sharpened along one edge and fixed to a handle, used for cutting.
• slash noun A quick, forceful cutting stroke, or the cut it leaves.

Senses

hugga is used for these senses in English:

• axe (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
• chomp (intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
• hew (ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
• knife (transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
• slash To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.

axe — full definition

1. noun A tool with a heavy blade on one side of the head and a long handle, used for chopping wood.
2. noun figurative: A drastic cut, cancellation, or dismissal.
3. verb To cancel, cut, or dismiss something or someone abruptly.

chisel — full definition

1. noun A hand tool with a sharp flat edge, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
2. verb To carve or shape material using a chisel.
3. verb Informal: to cheat or trick someone out of something, or to gradually erode something.

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