hawk

hawk - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: hôk, IPA: /hɔːk/
  • (US) enPR: hôk, IPA: /hɔk/
  • (cot–caught merger) enPR: häk, IPA: /hɑk/
  • Homophone: hock (accents with cot-caught merger)

Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

  1. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
    • It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
  2. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
  3. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
  4. (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
  5. (game theory) 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.

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Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: aka

Translations

  • Finnish: haukka (fi)
  • Hungarian: (sparrow hawk) karvaly (hu), (red-tailed etc. hawk) ölyv (hu), (pigeon-hawk) sólyom (hu), (river/sea/fish hawk) sas (hu) (all with a specifying first element only)

Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

  1. (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
  2. (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
    • to hawk at flies

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Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

  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.

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Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

  1. (transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
    • The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.

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Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

  1. A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

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Translations

  • Bulgarian: изкашляне (bg) n (izkašljane)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish: rykiminen, kakominen (fi)
  • Italian: scatarrare,
  • Portuguese: pigarro (pt) m, pigarreada f
  • Swedish: harkling (sv) c

Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
  2. (transitive, 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.

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hawk - Manx

Noun

hawk

  1. Lenited form of shawk.
Meaning and Definition of hawk
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