Definition of "ax" []

• A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood. (noun)
• Any of various bladed, hand-held implements used as a cutting tool or weapon. (noun)
• Informal A sudden termination of employment: My colleague got the ax yesterday. (noun)
• Slang A musical instrument, especially a guitar. (noun)
• To chop or fell with or as if with an ax: axed down the saplings; axed out a foothold in the ice. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I like most of the Gerber products i've used, for the money. this ax is no different."
• "The moment I get up, grab the fire ax from the wall and begin hacking away, then I've killed someone."
• "And make no mistake, the ax is being sharpened even as I write this, and the Republican majority in the new House will be looking for chances to swing it."