<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.</li><li>a tomahawk.</li><li>hatchetfish.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cut, destroy, kill, etc., with a hatchet.</li><li>to abridge, delete, excise, etc.: The network censor may hatchet 30 minutes from the script.</li></ul>