hawk

[US]/hɔːk/
[UK]/hɔːk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a bird of prey, a person who advocates for war
vt. to sell goods or advertise in the street

Phrases & Collocations

fierce hawk

majestic hawk

hunt with hawk

watchful hawk

black hawk

kitty hawk

black hawk down

sparrow hawk

Example Sentences

A hawk hovers in the sky.

A hawk hovered in the blue sky.

Defeat the Guardian of the Hawk and bring the Essence of the Hawk to Arthorn Windsong.Meant to be done in caster/boomkin form.Root and nuke.

street traders hawking their wares

The hawk folded its wings.

swifts hawked low over the water.

street traders were hawking costume jewellery.

he hawked and spat into the flames.

The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.

Two hawks were hover ing overhead.

The hawk chops upon its prey.

He is hawking his goods everywhere.

The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.

a sign over the door; a hawk gliding over the hills.

a hawk-eyed policeman saved the lives of dozens of shoppers.

Unless you watch him like a hawk, he’ll go off without finishing the work.

15 the ostrich, the nightjar, the gull, the various species of hawks,

16 the ostrich, the nightjar, the gull, the various species of hawks,

Print and recorded promotional materials of Hawk 4 and SparrowHawk Gyroplanes and Gyrodyne concept aircraft.

Real-world Examples

There were sparrow hawks with white bellies, and screeching kestrels.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

He looked up and saw a hawk.

Source: Journey to the West

This hawk has killed four of their chickens.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

Other than that, I've been a hawk.

Source: English little tyrant

It's hard to see a hawk in the big city.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

All I could think of was a hawk ready to swoop down.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

This means hawking car-related software and other add-ons.

Source: The Economist - Technology

Hawk now grows more vegetables and less alfalfa than he used to.

Source: This month VOA Daily Standard English

I know some of you've read, the story is I'm a hawk; I'm a hard-liner.

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2018

Tom Cotton, senator from Arkansas, a hawk with presidential ambitions.

Source: NPR News December 2018 Compilation

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