ALL meanings of hawk
hawk
H h - noun hawk bird 1
- noun hawk politics 1
- transitive verb hawk sell 1
- noun hawk (of a person) Hunt game with a trained hawk. 1
- 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
- countable noun hawk A hawk is a large bird with a short, hooked beak, sharp claws, and very good eyesight. Hawks catch and eat small birds and animals. 0
- countable noun hawk In politics, if you refer to someone as a hawk, you mean that they believe in using force and violence to achieve something, rather than using more peaceful or diplomatic methods. Compare dove. 0
- verb hawk If someone hawks goods, they sell them by walking through the streets or knocking at people's houses, and asking people to buy them. 0
- verb hawk You can say that someone is hawking something if you do not like the forceful way in which they are asking people to buy it. 0
- verb hawk Hawk around means the same as hawk. 0
- verb hawk If someone hawks, they noisily clear mucus from their throat and spit it out. 0
- noun hawk any of various diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, such as the goshawk and Cooper's hawk, typically having short rounded wings and a long tail 0
- noun hawk any of various other falconiform birds, including the falcons but not the eagles or vultures 0
- noun hawk a person who advocates or supports war or warlike policies 0
- noun hawk a ruthless or rapacious person 0
- verb hawk to hunt with falcons, hawks, etc 0
- verb hawk (of falcons or hawks) to fly in quest of prey 0
- verb hawk to pursue or attack on the wing, as a hawk 0
- verb hawk to offer (goods) for sale, as in the street 0
- verb hawk to spread (news, gossip, etc) 0
- verb hawk to clear the throat noisily 0
- verb hawk to force (phlegm) up from the throat 0
- noun hawk a noisy clearing of the throat 0
- noun hawk a small square board with a handle underneath, used for carrying wet plaster or mortar 0
- noun hawk any of various accipitrine birds having short, rounded wings and a long tail and legs, as Cooper's hawk, goshawk, and the harriers 0
- noun hawk any of various other birds of prey, as falcons and ospreys 0
- noun hawk an advocate of all-out war or of measures in international affairs designed to provoke or escalate open hostilities 0
- noun hawk a person regarded as having the preying or grasping nature of a hawk; cheater; swindler 0
- intransitive verb hawk to hunt birds or other small game with the help of falcons or other hawks 0
- intransitive verb hawk to attack by or as by swooping and striking 0
- verb transitive hawk to attack or prey on as a hawk does 0
- verb transitive hawk to advertise or peddle (goods) in the streets by shouting 0
- verb transitive hawk to advertise or sell 0
- intransitive verb hawk to clear the throat audibly 0
- verb transitive hawk to bring up (phlegm) by coughing 0
- noun hawk an audible clearing of the throat 0
- noun hawk a flat, square piece of wood or metal with a handle underneath, for carrying mortar or plaster 0