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- [nahyt-hawk]
- /ˈnaɪtˌhɔk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nahyt-hawk]
- /ˈnaɪtˌhɔk/
Definitions of nighthawk word
- noun nighthawk any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage. 1
- noun nighthawk the European goatsucker or nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. 1
- noun nighthawk Informal. a person who is habitually up or moving about late at night; night owl. 1
- noun nighthawk An American nightjar with sharply pointed wings. 1
- noun nighthawk person active late at night 1
- noun nighthawk any American nightjar of the genus Chordeiles and related genera, having a dark plumage and, in the male, white patches on the wings and tail 0
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Origin of nighthawk
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; night + hawk1
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Parts of speech for Nighthawk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nighthawk popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nighthawk
adjective nighthawk
- indulgent — characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent.
- abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- debauched — If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
- degenerate — If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
noun nighthawk
- debauchee — a man who leads a life of reckless drinking, promiscuity, and self-indulgence
- good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
- lecher — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
Antonyms for nighthawk
adjective nighthawk
- chaste — If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife.
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- moral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- resolute — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
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