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A juvenile goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

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

Singular
Hawk

Plural
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Hawk ({{{1}}})

  1. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae.
    It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
  2. 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
Derived terms
Related terms
  • creshawk
  • goshawk
  • sparhawk
Translations
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Verb

Infinitive
to Hawk

Third person singular
-

Simple past
-

Past participle
-

Present participle
-

to Hawk (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

  1. (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
Translations
Derived terms
  • hawk after
  • hawk at
  • hawk for
  • hawking

Etymology 2

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Noun

Wikipedia

Singular
Hawk

Plural
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Hawk ({{{1}}})

  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
Translations

Etymology 3

Back-formation from hawker.

Verb

Infinitive
to Hawk

Third person singular
-

Simple past
-

Past participle
-

Present participle
-

to Hawk (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

  1. (transitive) To sell.
    The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.
Derived terms
  • hawked
  • hawking
  • hawky
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 4

Possibly Template:Onomat

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Verb

Infinitive
to Hawk

Third person singular
-

Simple past
-

Past participle
-

Present participle
-

to Hawk (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

  1. (transitive) To forcibly attempt to cough up (phlegm).
    Jim hawked up some spit and spat it on the sidewalk.
  2. (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)
Translations

See also

  • Hawkshaw, hawkshaw
  • Hawkubite
  • winkle-hawk

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