Hawk

[hɔːk] or [hɔk]

Definition

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

(noun.) an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations.

(verb.) hunt with hawks; 'the tribes like to hawk in the desert'.

Typed by Claire--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

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

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

(v. i.) 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.

(v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm.

(n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.

(v. t.) 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.

(n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.

Editor: Ozzie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Falcon.

v. a. Cry, sell by outcry.

Inputed by Avis

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Sell, peddle, retail

ANT:Reserve, store, suppress, withhold, house, bond

Editor: Ramon

Definition

n. a plasterer's tool.

n. the name of several birds of prey allied to the falcons: a rapacious person.—v.i. to hunt birds with hawks trained for the purpose: to attack on the wing.—ns. Hawk′-bell a small bell attached to a hawk's leg; Hawk′bit a genus of plants of order Composit closely related to the dandelion; Hawk′er.—adj. Hawk′-eyed.—n. Hawk′ing.—adj. Hawk′ish.—n. Hawk′-moth a very large kind of moth so called from its hovering motion.—adj. Hawk′-nosed having a nose like a hawk's beak.—ns. Hawks′beard a genus of annual and biennial plants of order Composit closely related to hawkweed; Hawk′weed a genus of perennial plants of order Composit.—Know a hawk from a handsaw (prob. for hernshaw) to be able to judge between things pretty well.

v.i. to force up matter from the throat.—n. the effort to do this.

Typed by Jeanette