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hawk
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/hɔːk/
US
/hɔk/
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hawk
noun
hawks
pl
UK
/hɔːk/
US
/hɔk/
Translations
ястреб
The hawk soared high above the forest.
Ястреб парил высоко над лесом.
Additional translations
сторонник жесткой линии
Definitions
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.
Synonyms
bird of prey
falcon
kestrel
accipiter
raptor
hawk
verb
hawked
Past Simple
hawked
Past Participle
hawking
Gerund
UK
/hɔːk/
US
/hɔk/
Translations
кричать
The vendor hawked his goods loudly in the market.
Продавец громко кричал о своих товарах на рынке.
торговать
He used to hawk newspapers on the street corner.
Он раньше торговал газетами на углу улицы.
Additional translations
разглашать
разносить
Definitions
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.
Synonyms
screech
call
cry
squawk
scream
hawk
adjective
UK
/hɔːk/
US
/hɔk/
Used primarily attributively before nouns; non-gradable.
Definitions
(attributive) Advocating a military or aggressive policy; hawkish.
Her hawk position on national security surprised the committee.
Synonyms
rapacious
predatory
raptorial
jingoistic
interventionist
aggressive
warmongering
militant
bellicose
hawkish
hawk
proper noun
Definitions
A surname.
Tony Hawk became famous for landing the first 900 in competition.
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