hawk

Meanings

Plural: hawks

Noun

diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
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.
Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
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.
Cold, sharp or biting wind.
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.
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

Verb

sell or offer for sale from place to place
hunt with hawks
- "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"
clear mucus or food from one's throat
To hunt with a hawk.
To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.
To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

Origin / Etymology

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 *keh₂p- (“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”)).

Synonyms

clear the throat, hawking, huckster, monger, mortarboard, peddle, pitch, tout, vend, war hawk, warmonger

Antonyms

dove

Scrabble Score: 14

hawk is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hawk is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hawk is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

hawk is a valid Words With Friends word