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UK
/hˈɔːk/
]
[ US /ˈhɔk/ ]
[ US /ˈhɔk/ ]
NOUN
- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
- diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
VERB
-
clear mucus or food from one's throat
he cleared his throat before he started to speak - sell or offer for sale from place to place
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hunt with hawks
the tribes like to hawk in the desert
How To Use hawk In A Sentence
- IHSB: The way to describe the first pro season for the most oddly named man alive (Allen Lorenz Pollock = A.J. Pollock?) is solid but unspectacular, which is disappointing given that the organization expected him to rip through Mid-A South Bend given that Midwest League Competition wasn't foreign to Pollock, given that Notre Dame plays an exhibition game against the SilverHawks at the beginning of each season. AZ Snakepit
- Lime hawk moth moth is named after the hawk because it capable of powerful, long- distance flight. Times, Sunday Times
- Close to the mangroves a big hawksbill turtle surfaced then lay motionless in the sunshine, no doubt sunbathing.
- Hytra Grouper on a bed of salicornia and spinach accompanied with a crayfish sauce scented with pelargonium at Hytra It's daybreak at Athens' Agora, or central market, and the air is buzzing with the cries of fish mongers hawking the day's catch. Not Your Typical Greek Salad
- Mohawk is a polysynthetic language, in which noun objects can easily be incorporated into the verb.
- The photo plates also age and sex accipiters, those hawks that flap, flap, sail, and are the mostly likely the ones that raid our feeders of hapless birds.
- Ruth Hawkin was sitting at the kitchen table, a forgotten cigarette in the ashtray next to her transformed into three inches of marled grey ash. A Place of Execution
- Above the clasped hands are a peace pipe and a tomahawk.
- I used to muzzleload, had a TC Hawkin flintlock, as heavy as that barrel is it would take alot to burst it, dunno if "modern" muzzleloaders are as hefty or not, but I assume they are just for product liability reasons. Flying Ramrods and Broken Noses
- Your advertisers saw your terrific ratings that spanned across the board -- your demo being virtually every demo -- so they hawked everything from Viagra to gaming and condoms to candy bars during your time slot; those ratings were due partly to the Sci-Fi Channel's smartly treating you like its golden child, not emaciating your following by constantly changing your air time (did someone say, "Fascape"?). Mike Ragogna: OMG! No More BSG!