ALL meanings of night-hawk
night-hawk
N n - noun night-hawk 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 night-hawk the European goatsucker or nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. 1
- noun night-hawk Informal. a person who is habitually up or moving about late at night; night owl. 1