hawk

Pronunciation

• enPR: hôk
• IPA ^(key): /hɔːk/
• SAMPA: /hO:k/

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Noun

Singular hawk

Plural hawks

A hawk

1. (countable) A hawk is a type of bird that eats meat.

Related words

• eagle

Verb

Plain form hawk

Third-person singular hawks

Past tense hawked

Past participle hawked

Present participle hawking

1. (transitive) To sell.

   The vendors were hawking jewelry from little tables lining either side of the market square.

2. (transitive) To cough or clear your throat loudly, sometimes coughing up phlegm.

   Jim hawked up some spit and spat it on the sidewalk.

   Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with tobacco.