Definitions of HAWK [ɔk]

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Definition of 'HAWK'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hawk
any of various birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons.

2.  hawk
any of various other birds of prey, as falcons, or similar, unrelated birds, as nighthawks.

3.  hawk
a person who preys on others, as a sharper.

4.  hawk
a person, esp. one in public office, who advocates war or a belligerent national attitude.

5.  hawk
to hunt on the wing like a hawk.

6.  hawk
to hunt using trained hawks.

7. (v.t.) hawk
to pursue or catch on the wing:
a bird that hawks insects.

8. (v.t.) hawk
to peddle or offer for sale, esp. by calling aloud in public.

9. (v.i.) hawk
to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily.

10. (v.t.) hawk
to raise by hawking:
to hawk phlegm up.

11. (n.) hawk
a noisy effort to clear the throat.

Etymology: (1575–85; imit.; see haw¹)

Definition of 'HAWK'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hawk
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

2. (noun) hawk, war hawk
an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

3. (verb) mortarboard, hawk
a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

4. (verb) peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
sell or offer for sale from place to place

5. (verb) hawk
hunt with hawks
"the tribes like to hawk in the desert"

6. (verb) clear the throat, hawk
clear mucus or food from one's throat
"he cleared his throat before he started to speak"

Definition of 'HAWK'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) hawk
a bird of prey

Definition of 'HAWK'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) HAWK
one of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk

2. (noun) HAWK
an effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise

3. (noun) HAWK
a small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar

4. (verb) HAWK
to catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry

5. (verb) HAWK
to make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies

6. (verb) HAWK
to clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances

7. (verb) HAWK
to raise by hawking, as phlegm

8. (verb) HAWK
to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets

Translation of 'HAWK'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of bird of prey.
Afrikaans: valk	Arabic: صَقْر	Bulgarian: ястреб
Brazilian: falcão	Czech: jestřáb, krahujec	German: der Falke
Danish: høg	Greek: γεράκι	Spanish: halcón
Estonian: kull	Farsi: باز	Finnish: haukka
French: faucon	Hebrew: נֵץ	Hindi: बाज-पक्षी
Croatian: jastreb, kobac	Hungarian: héja	Indonesian: elang
Icelandic: haukur	Italian: falco	Japanese: たか
Korean: 매	Lithuanian: vanagas	Latvian: vanags
Malay: helang	Dutch: havik	Norwegian: hauk
Polish: jastrząb	Persian: باز	Pashto: باز ، يوډول ښکاري مارغه
Portuguese: falcão	Romanian: şoim	Russian: хищная птица
Slovak: dravý vták (luniak, sokol	Slovenian: sokol	Serbian: soko
Swedish: hök, falk	Thai: เหยี่ยว	Turkish: atmaca,şahin, doğan
Taiwanese: 鷹	Ukrainian: яструб; сокіл	Urdu: عقاب
Vietnamese: diều hâu	Chinese: 鹰
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