Nighthawk

Word NIGHTHAWK
Character 9
Hyphenation nighthawk
Pronunciations /ˈnʌɪthɔːk/

Definitions and meanings of "Nighthawk"

What do we mean by nighthawk?

Any of several nightjars found throughout the Americas, having grayish-brown plumage that mimics leaves on the forest floor, especially Chordeiles minor. noun

A night owl. noun

One who prowls about at night; specifically, a night cabman or his cab or horse. noun

A caprimulgine bird of the genus Chordeiles. noun

The night-jar or goatsucker, Caprimulgus curopæus. noun

One of certain petrels of the genus Œstrelata: as, the white night-hawk or mutton-bird, Œ. lessoni. noun

A person who likes to be active late at night; a night owl. noun

Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called the nightjar. noun

A New World nightjar. noun

A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours. noun

Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker noun

A person who likes to be active late at night noun

A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus.

A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.

A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.

A nighthawker.

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The word "nighthawk" in example sentences

So it should be no surprise that I actually filled out this music survey thingy I found in nighthawk's LJ. ❋ Nighthawk (2001)

There is a glorious passage by Henry Thoreau of his encounter with a nightjar relative called a nighthawk. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The high-pitched sound is from a soaring insect-eater called a nighthawk. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Think of Walky as a 'nighthawk'! "and Marty, who was a short, freckled-faced boy several years his cousin's junior, went off into a spasm of laughter. ❋ Helen Beecher Long (N/A)

The black nodules of his sprinkler system clicked in the muggy air, and in one of the peeling river birches, a single nighthawk warbled. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She got her start in journalism as nighthawk at the Boston Globe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Wybrcathl floated into the air, a buoyant song, a nighthawk gliding on thermals. ❋ Adrian Phoenix (2011)

I was worried about all the stuff I had to begin to do to find us a new nighthawk. ❋ Meg Pokrass (2011)

Yet for all his talk about anticipating the future, Mullen is the nighthawk who is drawn deeply to the past. ❋ Story Laura Blumenfeld • Photos By Melina Mara In Dead Of Night (2010)

The report identified common bird species such as the American oystercatcher, common nighthawk, and northern pintail that are likely to become species of conservation concern as a result of climate change. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Chordeiles minor – common nighthawk, resting on a fence post on the Konza Prairie Biological Station near Manhattan, Kansas. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Everyone knows this is true about nighthawk roosting behavior at least 70% of the time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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