English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Middle English hauk, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-Germanic *xaƀukaz (cf. West Frisian [[hauk#Template:Fy|hauk]], Dutch havik, German Habicht), from Proto-Indo-European *kobuĝo (cf. Latin capys, capus 'bird of prey', Albanian gabonjë, shkabë 'eagle', Template:Ru [[кобец#Template:Ru|кобец]] (kóbec) 'falcon').
Noun
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Hawk ({{{1}}})
- A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae.
- It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
- Template:Politics An advocate of aggressive political positions.
- The hawks controlled the senate, so the Minister of War had few problems with his budget.
Antonyms
- (politics): dove
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Related terms
- creshawk
- goshawk
- sparhawk
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Verb
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to Hawk (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
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Derived terms
- hawk after
- hawk at
- hawk for
- hawking
Etymology 2
Noun
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Hawk ({{{1}}})
- 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.
Synonyms
- mortarboard
Derived terms
- hawk boy, hawk-boy
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Etymology 3
Back-formation from hawker.
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to Hawk (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive) To sell.
- The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.
Derived terms
- hawked
- hawking
- hawky
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Etymology 4
Possibly Template:Onomat
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to Hawk (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive) To forcibly attempt to cough up (phlegm).
- Jim hawked up some spit and spat it on the sidewalk.
- (intransitive) To clear the throat loudly.
- Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.
Derived terms
- hawking (noun)
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See also
- Hawkshaw, hawkshaw
- Hawkubite
- winkle-hawk
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