Hawk - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|hɔːk|
Brit.
|hɔːk|
noun
- diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
- a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar (syn: mortarboard)
- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
- a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar (syn: mortarboard)
verb
- sell or offer for sale from place to place (syn: huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend)
- hunt with hawks
- hunt with hawks
the tribes like to hawk in the desert
- clear mucus or food from one's throatExtra examples
Salt was hawked about by retail dealers.
On every street corner there were traders hawking their wares.
...the hawk's reddish hind feathers...
The hawk gripped the mouse in its talons.
The hawk has a wingspan of about three feet.
The hawk was circling high in the sky.
A hawk flew in a circle, screaming.
The new plane has been christened the Hawk.
We never got away with anything in Mrs. Podell's class - she had eyes like a hawk.
This young hawk will soon be "manned".
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: hawk
he/she/it: hawks
present participle: hawking
past tense: hawked
past participle: hawked
I/you/we/they: hawk
he/she/it: hawks
present participle: hawking
past tense: hawked
past participle: hawked
noun
singular: hawk
plural: hawks
singular: hawk
plural: hawks
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