Hawk

Word HAWK
Character 4
Hyphenation hawk
Pronunciations /hɔːk/

Definitions and meanings of "Hawk"

What do we mean by hawk?

To peddle goods aggressively, especially by calling out. intransitive verb

To peddle (goods) aggressively, especially by calling out. intransitive 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

Any of various similar birds of prey. noun

A person who preys on others; a shark. noun

One who demonstrates an actively aggressive or combative attitude, as in an argument. noun

A person who favors military force or action in order to carry out foreign policy. noun

To hunt with trained hawks. intransitive verb

To swoop and strike in the manner of a hawk. intransitive verb

To clear or attempt to clear the throat by or as if by coughing up phlegm. intransitive verb

To clear the throat of (phlegm). intransitive verb

An audible effort to clear the throat by expelling phlegm. noun

To hunt birds or small animals by means of hawks or falcons trained for the purpose; practise hawking; engage in falconry.

To fly in the manner of the hawk; soar; take prey in the air.

To make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat.

To raise by hawking: as, to hawk up phlegm.

An effort to raise phlegm from the throat. noun

To offer for sale by outcry in a street or other public place, or from door to door; convey through town or country for sale: as, to hawk brooms or ballads.

In building, a small quadrangular board with a handle underneath, used by plasterers to hold the mortar. noun

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon

An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.

An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hawk

The word "hawk" in example sentences

_wild_ hawk, a _hawk unreclaimed_, or _irreclaimable_. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Hawk catches a live animal The term hawk can be used in several ways: In strict usage in ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hawk catches a live animal The term hawk can be used in several ways: In strict usage in Europe and Asia, to mean any of the species in the subfamily ❋ Unknown (2010)

The La Gana hawk is a good weapon but seems otherwise useless. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To the Fried Hiatts who care about this stuff being a "deficit hawk" is about inflicting pain on Democratic constituencies, not reducing the deficit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

SwtPrince_dk @RosGuild I am but mad N by NW when the wind is S'ly I know a hawk from a handsaw ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are angry that there kids will be left in hawk up to their eye balls by the government. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In foreign policy a hawk is someone who, as Donald Rumsfeld used to put it, "leans forward," someone who's not afraid to flex America's considerable muscle, someone who takes a proactive attitude toward gathering dangers. ❋ David Roberts (2010)

Well of course much like a deficit hawk or a national security hawk or an inflation hawk, a climate hawk is tough-minded and awesome and entitled to worshipful media coverage. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

An animal control officer picked up an injured hawk from a person's yard and took the hawk to a wildlife rehabilitator. ❋ Post (2010)

How did the concept of “fiscal conservatism” – the idea that being a deficit hawk is a conservative, and that conservatives are deficit hawks – come into being anyway? ❋ Unknown (2010)

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A Different Stripe: Knowing a hawk from a handsaw, pt 2 ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is roughly equivalent to knowing a hawk from a handsaw, or how many beans make five; it is such a rare and refined achievement of intellect that many persons claim the exquisite glory of it without any real right to do so. ❋ Superversive (2008)

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