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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[ noun ] a square board with a handle; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
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[ verb ] clear mucus or food from one's throat
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[ noun ] (military) an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
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