hawk
(noun) diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
mortarboard, hawk
(noun) a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
hawk, war hawk
(noun) an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
hawk
(verb) hunt with hawks; “the tribes like to hawk in the desert”
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hawk (plural hawks)
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon
(politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions. [from 1962]
Synonyms: warmonger, war hawk
Antonym: dove
(game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
Antonym: dove
• African harrier hawk
• aspere-hawk
• ball hawk
• bay-winged hawk
• bee hawk
• bicoloured hawk
• black hawk
• broad-winged hawk
• brown hawk
• chicken hawk
• chicken-hawk
• chickenhawk
• common black hawk
• Cooper's hawk
• deficit hawk
• dor-hawk
• dorhawk
• dorrhawk
• dove hawk
• duck hawk
• duck-hawk
• eagle hawk
• eagle-hawk
• eaglehawk
• ferruginous hawk
• fish hawk
• fish-hawk
• fishhawk
• Galápagos hawk
• game hawk
• gnat hawk
• gnat-hawk
• gray hawk
• grey hawk
• gray-lined hawk
• grey-lined hawk
• great black hawk
• great-footed hawk
• Gundlach's hawk
• Harlan's hawk
• harrier hawk
• Harris hawk
• Hawaiian hawk
• hawk of the fist
• hawk of the lure
• hawk of the soar
• hen hawk
• hen-hawk
• hobby hawk
• hover-hawk
• jack-hawk
• jashawk
• Jayhawk
• kitchen hawk
• know a hawk from a handsaw
• Krider's hawk
• lark-hawk
• liberal hawk
• long-tailed hawk
• Lucifer hawk
• make-hawk
• man-of-war hawk
• mangrove black hawk
• mar-hawk
• market-hawk
• marsh hawk
• meadowhawk
• moor hawk
• mosquito hawk
• moth-hawk
• mountain hawk
• mouse hawk
• mouse-hawk
• news-hawk
• newshawk
• night hawk
• night-hawk
• pap-hawk
• partridge-hawk
• passage hawk
• peregrine hawk
• pigeon hawk
• pigeon-hawk
• plain-breasted hawk
• pondhawk
• prairie hawk
• quail hawk
• red-shouldered hawk
• red-tailed hawk
• Ridgway's hawk
• ringtail hawk
• rough-legged hawk
• rufous-thighed hawk
• savanna hawk
• screech hawk
• screech-hawk
• sea hawk
• sea-hawk
• semicollared hawk
• sharp-shinned hawk
• shite-hawk
• short-tailed hawk
• shower hawk
• skeeter hawk
• small-bird-hawk
• snake hawk
• snipe hawk
• spar-hawk
• sparhawk
• sparrow hawk
• sparrow-hawk
• sparrowhawk
• squirrel hawk
• stand hawk
• stannel hawk
• star-hawk
• stone hawk
• Swainson's hawk
• swallow-tailed hawk
• tarantula hawk
• tiny hawk
• vanner hawk
• war hawk
• war-hawk
• whistling hawk
• white-breasted hawk
• white-throated hawk
• white hawk
• zone-tailed hawk
hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)
(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
(transitive) To offer for sale.
(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
hawk (plural hawks)
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
Synonym: mortarboard
hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)
(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
hawk (plural hawks)
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
• hawking (noun)
hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)
(transitive, intransitive) To cough up something from one's throat.
(transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.
Hawk (plural Hawks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hawk is the 2149th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16884 individuals. Hawk is most common among White (85.68%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Hawk, n. Etym: [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. hök, Dan. hög, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidæ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered (B. lineatus); the broad-winged (B. Pennsylvanicus); the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the sharp-shinned Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk, Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk, under Night. Bee hawk (Zoöl.), the honey buzzard.
– Eagle hawk. See under Eagle.
– Hawk eagle (Zoöl.), an Asiatic bird of the genus Spizætus, or Limnætus, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species.
– Hawk fly (Zoöl.), a voracious fly of the family Asilidæ. See Hornet fly, under Hornet.
– Hawk moth. (Zoöl.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary.
– Hawk owl. (Zoöl.) (a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus).
– Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.
Hawk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hawked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hawking.]
1. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry. A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks. Prior.
2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies. Dryden. A falcon, towering in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. Shak.
Hawk, v. i. Etym: [W. hochi.]
Definition: To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.
Hawk, v. t.
Definition: To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
Hawk, n. Etym: [W. hoch.]
Definition: An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
Hawk, v. t. Etym: [Akin to D. hauker a hawker, G. höken, höcken, to higgle, to retail, höke, höker, a higgler, huckster. See Huckster.]
Definition: To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets. His works were hawked in every street. Swift.
Hawk, n. (Masonry)
Definition: A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar. Hawk boy, an attendant on a plasterer to supply him with mortar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
