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- [hawk]
- /hɔk/
- /hɔːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hawk]
- /hɔk/
Definitions of hawk word
- noun hawk a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system. 1
- verb without object hawk to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily. 1
- verb with object hawk to raise by noisily clearing the throat: to hawk phlegm up. 1
- noun hawk (of a person) Hunt game with a trained hawk. 1
- noun hawk bird 1
- noun hawk politics 1
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Origin of hawk
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English hauk(e), Old English hafoc; cognate with Old Frisian havek, Old Saxon habuc Old High German habuh, Old Norse haukr hawk, perhaps Polish kobuz kind of falcon
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Parts of speech for Hawk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hawk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hawk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hawk
noun hawk
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- warmonger — a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.
- war hawk — hawk1 (def 4).
- jingoist — the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
verb hawk
- sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- peddle — to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
- push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- deal — If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
- vend — to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling: to vend flowers at a sidewalk stand.
Antonyms for hawk
noun hawk
- dove — an act or instance of diving.
- peacemaker — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
verb hawk
- buy — If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
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