hawk

Etymology

Definitions

1. 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.
   • He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry.
2. 2

   Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid…

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

3. 3

   Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic…

   Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.

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   1. 4

      An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.

      • A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act.
      • “Everybody knows who were the hawks and who were the doves,” Bundy told the ExComm on the morning of October 28, after Khrushchev announced that he was withdrawing his missiles. “Today was the day of the doves.”
      • President Donald Trump has spent years playing the role of a China hawk.
   2. 5

      An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when…

      An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.

   3. 6

      Cold, sharp or biting wind.

      • […] take-out sandwich from Arnie's on Jackson, then a brisk walk to Michigan Avenue in the face of the "Hawk," blowing newspapers and skirts and the gulls wheeling over the Michigan Avenue Bridge in front of […]
      • I wanna learn by Ruby's birthday party." Pride turned up his collar against the hawk blowing from the river."
   4. 7

      To hunt with a hawk.

      • To hawke, or els to hunt From the auter to the funt
      • He rode astride while hawking; she falconed in the ladylike position of sidesaddle.
   5. 8

      To make an attack while on the wing

      To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

      • to hawk at flies
      • A falcon, towering in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
      • But whether upward to the moon they go, Or dream the winter out in caves below, Or hawk at flies elsewhere
   6. 9

      A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of…

      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.

   7. 10

      To sell

      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.
      • His works were hawked in every street.
   8. 11

      A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

   9. 12

      To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat

      To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.

      • to hawk a loogie
      • [I]s a trobled with the cough a the Lunges ſtill? does he hawke anights ſtill?
      • He hawked up, with incredible straining, the interjection ah!
   10. 13

       To try to cough up something from one's throat

       To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

       • Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.
   11. 14

       A surname

       A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.

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