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–noun

1.	any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.

2.	any of several similar, unrelated birds, as the nighthawk.

3.	Informal. a person who preys on others, as a sharper.

4.	Also called war hawk. Informal. a person, esp. one in public office, who advocates war or a belligerent national attitude. Compare dove (def. 5).

5.	any person who pursues an aggressive policy in business, government, etc.: The corporation is now run by a bunch of young hawks.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to fly, or hunt on the wing, like a hawk.

7.	to hunt with hawks.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME hauk(e), OE hafoc; c. OFris havek, OS habuc OHG habuh, ON haukr hawk, perh. Pol kobuz kind of falcon

Related forms:

hawklike, adjective

hawk

2 [hawk]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to peddle or offer for sale by calling aloud in public.

2.	to advertise or offer for sale: to hawk soap on television.

3.	to spread (rumors, news, etc.).

–verb (used without object)

4.	to carry wares about for sale; peddle.

Origin:
1470–80; back formation from hawker ²

hawk

3 [hawk]

–verb (used without object)

1.	to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to raise by hawking: to hawk phlegm up.

–noun

3.	a noisy effort to clear the throat.

Origin:
1575–85; imit.; see haw ¹

hawk

4 [hawk]

–noun

a small, square board with a handle underneath it, used by plasterers and masons to hold plaster or mortar being applied.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; perh. var. of hache battle-ax (see hatchet )

Hawk

[hawk]

–noun Military.

a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.

Origin:
H(oming) A(ll the) W(ay) K(iller)

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hawk¹ (hôk)

Any of various birds of prey of the order Falconiformes and especially of the genera Accipiter and Buteo, characteristically having a short hooked bill and strong claws adapted for seizing.
Any of various similar birds of prey.
A person who preys on others; a shark.
1. One who demonstrates an actively aggressive or combative attitude, as in an argument.
2. A person who favors military force or action in order to carry out foreign policy.

intr.v. hawked, hawk·ing, hawks

To hunt with trained hawks.
To swoop and strike in the manner of a hawk: "It was fun to watch the scattered snail kites . . . lifting and falling in the wind as they hawked across the shining grass and water" (Peter Matthiessen).

[Middle English hauk, from Old English hafoc; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
hawk'ish adj., hawk'ish·ly adv., hawk'ish·ness n.

hawk² (hôk)

v.   hawked, hawk·ing, hawks

v.   intr.
To peddle goods aggressively, especially by calling out.
v.   tr.
To peddle (goods) aggressively, especially by calling out.

[Middle English hauken, back-formation from hauker; see hawker.]

hawk³ (hôk)

v.   hawked, hawk·ing, hawks

v.   intr.
To clear or attempt to clear the throat by or as if by coughing up phlegm.
v.   tr.
To clear the throat of (phlegm).
n.  An audible effort to clear the throat by expelling phlegm.

[Imitative.]

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Hawk

Hawk\, n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. h["o]k, Dan. h["o]g, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconid[ae]. 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 (Zo["o]l.), the honey buzzard.

Eagle hawk. See under Eagle.

Hawk eagle (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic bird of the genus Spiz[ae]tus, or Limn[ae]tus, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species.

Hawk fly (Zo["o]l.), a voracious fly of the family Asilid[ae]. See Hornet fly, under Hornet.

Hawk moth. (Zo["o]l.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary.

Hawk owl. (Zo["o]l.) (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

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

Hawk\, v. i. [W. hochi.] 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

Hawk\, v. t. To raise by hawking, as phlegm.

Hawk

Hawk\, n. [W. hoch.] An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.

Hawk

Hawk\, v. t. [Akin to D. hauker a hawker, G. h["o]ken, h["o]cken, to higgle, to retail, h["o]ke, h["o]ker, a higgler, huckster. See Huckster.] 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

Hawk\, n. (Masonry) 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.

Language Translation for : hawk

Spanish: halcón,

German: der Falke,

Japanese: たか

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hawk (n.)

O.E. hafoc (W. Saxon), from P.Gmc. *khabukaz (cf. O.N. haukr, M.Du. havik, Ger. Habicht "hawk"), from a root meaning "to seize," fro PIE *gabh- (cf. Rus. kobec "a kind of falcon"). Hawkish "militaristic" first attested 1965; hawk in this sense is attested from 1962.

hawk (v.)

1542 (hawker is attested from 1510), from M.L.G. höken "to peddle, carry on the back, squat," from P.Gmc. *khuk-. Despite the etymological connection with stooping under a burden on one's back, a hawker is technically distinguished from a peddler by use of a horse and cart or a van.

Hawk

An economic-policy advisor who has a negative view towards inflation and its effects on society.

Also referred to as "Inflation hawk."

Investopedia Commentary

Hawks carefully monitor and control economic inflation through interest rate adjustments and monetary-policy controls. In general, Hawkish investors prefer higher interest rates in order to maintain reduced inflation.

Main Entry: ¹hawk
Pronunciation: 'hok
Function: transitive verb
: to raise by trying to clear the throat <hawk up phlegm> hawkintransitive senses
: to make a harsh coughing sound in clearing the throat

Main Entry: ²hawk
Function: noun
: an audible effort to force up phlegm from the throat

Hawk

(Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). It is common in Syria and surrounding countries. The Hebrew word includes various species of Falconidae, with special reference perhaps to the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), the hobby (Hypotriorchis subbuteo), and the lesser kestrel (Tin, Cenchris). The kestrel remains all the year in Palestine, but some ten or twelve other species are all migrants from the south. Of those summer visitors to Palestine special mention may be made of the Falco sacer and the Falco lanarius. (See NIGHT-HAWK ØT0002729.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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