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chicken hawk
The definition of a chicken hawk is a predatory bird that hunts and eats barnyard animals like chickens, or is slang for a man who looks for young boys as sexual partners.
(noun)- An example of a chicken hawk is the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.
- An example of a chicken hawk is a pedophile.
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See chicken hawk in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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any of various hawks, esp. an accipiter, that prey, or are reputed to prey, on barnyard fowl
See chicken hawk in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Any of various hawks that prey on or have the reputation of preying on chickens.
- often chick·en·hawk (chĭkˈən-hôkˌ) Informal A person who favors military force or action to carry out a foreign policy but has never served in the military.
- Vulgar Slang A man who seeks out boys or young men as his sexual partners.
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