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Hawk Verb Hɔːk  Word Origin Bird Watching Place

Front hawk
Back hawk
noun, verb
BrE /hɔːk/
NAmE /hɔːk/
noun
 word origin
 example bank
1 a strong fast bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food)

He waited, watching her like a hawk (= watching her very closely).
see also sparrowhawk
2 a person, especially a politician, who supports the use of military force to solve problems
dove
see have eyes like a hawk at eye n.
verb
 verb forms
 word origin
1 [transitive] ~ sth to try to sell things by going from place to place asking people to buy them
peddle
He made a living hawking cleaning products from door to door.
2 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) to get phlegm in your mouth when you cough

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