hawk

Meaning

Noun

1. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
2. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
3. Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
4. An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
5. 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.
6. (US, often, with-definite-article) Cold, sharp or biting wind.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
2. (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

Verb

To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

Opposite of

dove

Synonyms

falcon

eagle

🦅

peddle

vend

kite

🪁

clear throat

sparrow hawk

mortarboard

trade

vulture

kestrel

handle

pitch

buzzard

huckster

hem

war hawk

monger

clear one’s throat

goshawk

bird

🐦

clear the throat

Eurasian sparrowhawk

accipitral

huclster

kind of bird

duck hawk

wedge-tailed eagle

war-dog

mortar board

fat board

have husky cough

accipiter

swifthawk

advertise

ambulate

canvass

clear

dove

🕊️

etc.

go about

harrier

heron

kingfisher

merlin

owl

🦉

peregrine falcon

raven

rove

sell

Translations

faucon

halcón

falco

havik

Habicht

Falke

gavilán

γεράκι

gavião

autour

falcão

accipiter

falcó

épervier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɔːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hauk

Inherited from Old English: hafoc

Cognate with Western Frisian: hauk

Cognate with Dutch: havik

Cognate with German: Habicht

Cognate with Swedish: hök

Cognate with Danish: høg

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: hauk

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: hauk

Cognate with Faroese: heykur

Cognate with Icelandic: haukur

Cognate with Finnish: haukka

Cognate with Estonian: haugas

Cognate with Latin: capys

Cognate with Albanian: gabonjë

Cognate with Russian: ко́бец

Cognate with Polish: kobuz

Inherited from Middle English: hache

In summary

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”)).