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Definition hawk

Etymology 1

From Middle English hauke, hauk, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, heafoc, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz (compare West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Norwegian hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur), from Proto-Indo-European *kopu?os (compare Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ?????? (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)), perhaps ultimately derived from *keh?p- (“seize”).

Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

1. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
2. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon
3. (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
4. (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.

Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

1. (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
2. (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

Etymology 2

Uncertain origin; perhaps from Middle English hache (“battle-axe”), or from a variant use of the above.

Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

1. 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.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from hawker.

Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

1. (transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

1. A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cough up something from one's throat.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.

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