hawk

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːk/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɔk/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɑk/ (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɒk/ Rhymes: -ɔːk Hyphenation: hawk Homophone: hock (cot–caught merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc (“hawk”), from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *kap- (“seize”). See also West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)). ==== Noun ==== 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. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia. (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, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game. Antonym: dove (US, especially Chicago, and nationwide in African-American, often with "the") Cold, sharp or biting wind. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== creshawk goshawk sparhawk ===== Descendants ===== Sranan Tongo: aka ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked) (transitive) To hunt with a hawk. (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk. ===== Derived terms ===== hawk after hawk at hawk for hawker hawking ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Uncertain; perhaps from Middle English hache (“battle-axe”), or from a variant use of the above, for this compare with Russian со́кол (sókol, “falcon, but also a hawk (plaster's tool), mortarboard”). ==== Noun ==== 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 ===== Derived terms ===== hawk boy, hawk-boy ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Back-formation from hawker. ==== Verb ==== 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. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hawked hawkery hawking hawky ===== Related terms ===== hawker ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === Probably imitative, like hock (“cough”), hack (“cough”), although see the latter entry for more. ==== Noun ==== hawk (plural hawks) A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat. Synonym: hawking ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked) (transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat. to hawk a loogie (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication. ===== Derived terms ===== hawk tuah hawking (noun) ===== Translations ===== === See also === Hawkshaw, hawkshaw Hawkubite winkle-hawk === Further reading === hawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === === Anagrams === Khaw == Manx == === Noun === hawk lenited form of shawk