Hawk definition
To hunt birds or other small game with the help of falcons or other hawks.
verb
To hawk is defined as to hunt or to attack by swooping.
An example of to hawk is for a shark to go after a smaller fish.
verb
The definition of a hawk is a bird of prey with a short hooked bill and strong claws, or someone or something that preys on others.
An example of a hawk is a Cooper's hawk.
An example of a hawk is a shark in search of food.
An example of a hawk is a person who is an advocate of military force to carry out foreign policy.
noun
To clear or attempt to clear the throat by or as if by coughing up phlegm.
verb
Any of various birds of prey, especially of the genera Accipiter and Buteo in the family Accipitridae, characteristically having a short hooked bill and strong claws used for seizing.
noun
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Any of various similar birds of prey.
noun
A person who preys on others; a shark.
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One who demonstrates an actively aggressive or combative attitude, as in an argument.
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A person who favors military force or action in order to carry out foreign policy.
noun
To hunt with trained hawks.
verb
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To swoop and strike in the manner of a hawk.
verb
To peddle goods aggressively, especially by calling out.
verb
To peddle (goods) aggressively, especially by calling out.
verb
To clear the throat of (phlegm).
verb
An audible effort to clear the throat by expelling phlegm.
noun
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A person regarded as having the preying or grasping nature of a hawk; cheater; swindler.
noun
Any of various accipitrine birds having short, rounded wings and a long tail and legs, as the Cooper's hawk, the goshawk, and the harriers.
noun
(loosely) Any of various other birds of prey, as falcons and ospreys.
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To attack by or as by swooping and striking.
verb
To attack or prey on as a hawk does.
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To advertise or peddle (goods) in the streets by shouting.
verb
To advertise or sell.
verb
To clear the throat audibly.
verb
To bring up (phlegm) by coughing.
verb
An audible clearing of the throat.
noun
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A flat, square piece of wood or metal with a handle underneath, for carrying mortar or plaster.
noun
It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
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(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
To hawk at flies.
verb
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A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
noun
(intransitive) To cough up something from one's throat.
verb
(intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.
Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.
verb
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A person who advocates an aggressive approach or response to a problem, crisis, etc.; specif., an advocate of military action in an international dispute.
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Origin of hawk
- Middle English hauk from Old English hafoc kap- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English hauken back-formation from hauker hawker
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Imitative
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English hauk, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz (compare West Frisian hauk, Dutch havik, German Habicht), from Proto-Indo-European *kobuĝo (compare Latin capys, capus 'bird of prey', Albanian gabonjë, shkabë 'eagle', Russian кобец (kóbec) 'falcon', Polish kobuz 'Eurasian Hobby').
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- Uncertain origin; perhaps from Middle English hache (“battle-axe”), or from a variant use of the above.
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- Back-formation from hawker.
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- Onomatopoeia.
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