All cutlass synonyms

noun cutlass

• musket — a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle.
• dart — If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
• blackjack — Blackjack is a card game in which players try to obtain a combination of cards worth 21 points.
• cleaver — A cleaver is a knife with a large square blade, used for chopping meat or vegetables.
• baton — A baton is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
• bat — A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
• hatchet — 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.
• battle-ax — a heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war
• arrow — An arrow is a written or printed sign that consists of a straight line with another line bent at a sharp angle at one end. This is a printed arrow: →. The arrow points in a particular direction to indicate where something is.
• boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
• cudgel — A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
• barong — a broad-bladed cleaver-like knife used in the Philippines
• harpoon — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
• arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
• backsword — a person who uses the backsword
• assegai — a southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears
• banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
• slingshot — a Y -shaped stick with an elastic strip between the prongs for shooting stones and other small missiles.
• flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
• bazooka — A bazooka is a long, tube-shaped gun that is held on the shoulder and fires rockets.
• ballista — an ancient catapult for hurling stones, etc
• crossbow — A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a small, powerful bow that is fixed across a piece of wood, and aimed like a gun.
• archery — Archery is a sport in which people shoot arrows at a target using a bow.
• howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
• axe — An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
• blowgun — a long, tubelike weapon through which darts or pellets are blown
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• rapier — a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
• hanger — a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
• broadsword — a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing
• kris — a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
• creese — kris
• claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
• falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
• toledo — Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1515–84? Spanish administrator: viceroy of Peru 1569–81.
• bill — A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
• arm — Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
• armament — Armament is used to refer to weapons and bombs carried by an aircraft or other military vehicle.
• anlace — a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade
• sidearm — with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground: to pitch sidearm.
• skean — a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
• cutting edge — If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.
• skiver — a person or thing that skives.
• billy club — billy (def 1).
• bowie knife — a stout hunting knife with a short hilt and a guard for the hand
• nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
• brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
• atlatl — a wooden implement used to throw a spear or similar weapon at a greater speed or distance as used by Native Americans
• hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
• nunchaku — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.