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hawk
/hɔk/
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What does hawk mean?
noun
- A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
- Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
- Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
More meanings (11)
noun
- An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
- 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.
- Cold, sharp or biting wind.
- 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.
- A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
verb
- To hunt with a hawk.
- To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
- To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
- To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing 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.
proper noun
- A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.
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IPA pronunciation
/hɔk/
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Then a night hawk screamed, a whip-poor-will complained, a belated killdeer swept the sky, and the night wind sang a louder song.
There was not a man in Black Hawk who had the intelligence or cultivation, much less the personal distinction, of Ántonia’s father.
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While at Kitty Hawk we spent much time in measuring the horizontal pressure on our unloaded machine at various angles of incidence.
He says that hawk and bittern were tried, and that their zeal broke down over an old brown owl, "which was indescribable."
“She let the hawk fly upward from her wide right sleeve,” went the song, arousing an involuntary sensation of courage and cheerfulness.