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ball-hawking

noun

Etymology

From ballhawk + -ing.

  1. inherited from *kopuǵos✻
  2. inherited from *habukaz✻
  3. inherited from *habuk✻
  4. inherited from hafoc
  5. inherited from hauk,hauke,hawke,havek
  6. compounded as ballhawk — “ball + hawk”
  7. suffixed as ball-hawking — “ballhawk + ing”

Definitions

  1. An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner

    An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner; the action of a ball hawk.

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