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Noun hawk has 3 senses
- hawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
--1 is a kind of bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird
--1 is a member of Accipitridae, family Accipitridae
--1 has particulars: | | eyas; tiercel, tercel, tercelet; goshawk, Accipiter gentilis; sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus; Cooper's hawk, blue darter, Accipiter cooperii; chicken hawk, hen hawk; buteonine; redtail, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis; rough-legged hawk, roughleg, Buteo lagopus; red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus; buzzard, Buteo buteo; honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus; kite; harrier; harrier eagle, short-toed eagle; falcon; osprey, fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion haliaetus |
- hawk, war hawk - an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
--2 is a kind of militarist, warmonger
Antonyms: dove, peacenik
- mortarboard, hawk - a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
--3 is a kind of board
Verb hawk has 3 senses
- peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch - sell or offer for sale from place to place
--1 is one way to deal, sell, trade
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hawk - hunt with hawks; "the Arabs like to hawk in the desert"
--2 is one way to hunt, run, hunt down, track down
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and hawk
- clear the throat, hawk - clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"
--3 is one way to cough
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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