nighthawking

noun
/ˈnʌɪthɔːkɪŋ/

Etymology

From nighthawk + -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 nighthawk — “night + hawk
  7. formed as nighthawking — “nighthawk + -ing

Definitions

  1. The practice of being out late at night, for work or pleasure.

  2. The action of a nighthawker

    The action of a nighthawker; the practice of metal-detecting late at night to illegally remove artifacts from restricted sites.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nighthawking. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA