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hawk

UK
/hɔːk/
US
/hɔk/

Translations

hawknoun
hawks
pl
UK
/hɔːk/
US
/hɔk/
plateau à plâtreOutil de plâtrier.
The mason used a hawk to hold the mortar as he worked on the wall.
Le maçon a utilisé un plateau à plâtre pour tenir le mortier pendant qu'il travaillait sur le mur.
The hawk soared high above the fields, searching for its next meal.
Le faucon planait haut au-dessus des champs, à la recherche de son prochain repas.
camelotVendeur de rue, souvent à la criée.
Street hawks lined the alley, shouting prices for fresh fruit.
Des camelots bordaient la ruelle, criant les prix des fruits frais.
Additional translations
fauconSens figuré en politique.
Synonyms
kestrel
falcon
accipiter
raptor
bird of prey
hawkverb
hawked
Past Simple
hawked
Past Participle
hawking
Gerund
UK
/hɔːk/
US
/hɔk/
se racler la gorgeSe dit d’un raclement sonore de la gorge.
He hawked loudly before beginning his speech.
Il s'est raclé la gorge bruyamment avant de commencer son discours.
fauconnerChasser au moyen d’un faucon.
Medieval nobles often hawked across the open fields at dawn.
Les nobles médiévaux fauconnaient souvent dans les champs ouverts à l'aube.
colporterSens commercial: vendre de manière insistante ou à la criée.
Street vendors hawk their wares to passersby in the busy market.
Les vendeurs de rue colportent leurs marchandises aux passants dans le marché bondé.
Synonyms
cry
screech
call
squawk
scream
hawkadjective
UK
/hɔːk/
US
/hɔk/
Used primarily attributively before nouns; non-gradable.
va-t-en-guerreS’emploie surtout en politique.
Her hawk position on national security surprised the committee.
Sa position va-t-en-guerre sur la sécurité nationale a surpris le comité.
Additional translations
bellicistePlus soutenu; sens politique.
Synonyms
hawkish
rapacious
bellicose
militant
warmongering
aggressive
interventionist
jingoistic
raptorial
predatory

Definitions

hawknoun
A bird of prey with broad rounded wings and a long tail, typically taking prey by surprise with a short chase.
The hawk soared high above the fields, searching for its next meal.
A person who advocates an aggressive or warlike policy, especially in foreign affairs.
The senator was known as a hawk, always pushing for military intervention.
A plasterer's tool with a flat square surface for carrying plaster or mortar.
The mason used a hawk to hold the mortar as he worked on the wall.
A person who sells goods by calling out to attract customers; a peddler.
Street hawks lined the alley, shouting prices for fresh fruit.
hawkverb
To sell goods aggressively, often by calling out to attract customers.
Street vendors hawk their wares to passersby in the busy market.
To clear the throat noisily.
He hawked loudly before beginning his speech.
To hunt small game with a trained hawk.
Medieval nobles often hawked across the open fields at dawn.
hawkadjective
(attributive) Advocating a military or aggressive policy; hawkish.
Her hawk position on national security surprised the committee.
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