hawk has definitions from the fields of zoology,military,business
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[ verb ] (business) sell or offer for sale from place to place

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Cardboard noisemakers , substitutes for the unavailable tin models , were being hawked and bought at makeshift stands every few yards along Broadway , and one 's ears were continually serenaded by the horns ' rasps and bleats .

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

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

On the east_side of the island of Manhattan the indifferent hawk knew the East_River that connected New_York_Bay with Long_Island_Sound .

The morning hawk , hungry for any eatable , killable , digestible item , kept his eyes on the ring of anchored ships that lay off the shores in the bay , sheltered by the Jersey inlets .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1901
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[ verb ] hunt with hawks

Examples

"the Arabs like to hawk in the desert"

Related terms

hunt

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[ verb ] clear the throat, as of phlegm

Synonyms

hawk_and_spit

Related terms

expectorate

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[ noun ] a square board with a handle; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

Synonyms

mortarboard

Related terms

board

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[ verb ] clear mucus or food from one's throat

Synonyms

clear_the_throat

Examples

"he cleared his throat before he started to speak"

Related terms

cough

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[ noun ] (military) an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

Synonyms

war_hawk

Related terms

dove militarist

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