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Image:Acc_Sonnenallee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A juvenile goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Pronunciation
enPR|hôk, IPA|/h��k/, SAMPA|/hO:k/
audio|en-us-hawk.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��k

Etymology 1
OE. hafoc.

Noun
en-noun

1. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae.

#:It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.

1. politics An advocate of aggressive political positions.

#:The hawks controlled the senate, so the Minister of War had few problems with his budget.

Antonyms
i-c|in politics dove

Derived terms
top4
African harrier hawk
aspere-hawk
ball hawk
bay-winged hawk
bee hawk
between hawk and buzzard
bicoloured hawk
black hawk
broad-winged hawk
chicken hawk, chicken-hawk, chickenhawk
common black hawk
Cooper's hawk
deficit hawk
dor-hawk, dorhawk, dorrhawk
dove hawk
duck hawk, duck-hawk
eagle hawk, eagle-hawk, eaglehawk
ferruginous hawk
fish hawk, fish-hawk, fishhawk
Galápagos hawk
game hawk
gnat hawk, gnat-hawk

gray hawk, grey hawk
gray-lined hawk, grey-lined hawk
great black hawk
great-footed hawk
Gundlach's hawk
Harlan's hawk
harrier hawk
Harris hawk, Harris's hawk
have eyes like a hawk
Hawaiian hawk
hawk-beaked
hawk-bell
hawkbill
<!--"hawkbit" comes from "hawkweed", according to the OED-->
hawk-cuckoo
mid4
hawk-dove game
hawk eagle
hawked<!--adjective-->
hawker
hawkery
hawk-eye
hawk-eyed
hawkfish
hawk fly, hawk-fly
hawk-headed parrot
hawkish
hawk-kite
hawk-like, hawklike
hawk moth, hawk-moth, hawkmoth
hawk nose, hawk-nose, hawknose
hawk-nosed
hawk-nut, hawknut
hawk of the fist
hawk of the lure
hawk of the soar
hawk owl, hawk-owl
hawk-parrot
hawk's beard, hawk's-beard, hawksbeard
hawk's bell
hawk's bill, hawk's-bill, hawksbill<!--more than one sense: turtle, part of clock; the variant spellings may not apply to both/all senses-->
hawk's-bill turtle, hawksbill turtle
hawk's eye, hawk's-eye
hawk's-feet, hawk's-foot
hawk's meat
hawk swallow, hawk-swallow
hawkweed
hawkwise
hawky
hen hawk, hen-hawk
hobby hawk
hover-hawk
mid4
jack-hawk
jashawk
Jayhawk
kitchen hawk
know a hawk from a handsaw
Krider's hawk
lark-hawk
liberal hawk
long-tailed hawk
Lucifer hawk
make-hawk
man-of-war hawk
mangrove black hawk
mar-hawk
market-hawk
marsh hawk
meadowhawk
moor hawk
mosquito hawk
moth-hawk
mountain hawk
mouse hawk, mouse-hawk
news-hawk, newshawk
night hawk, night-hawk
pap-hawk
partridge-hawk
passage hawk
peregrine hawk
pigeon hawk, pigeon-hawk
plain-breasted hawk
pondhawk
prairie hawk
quail hawk
red-shouldered hawk
red-tailed hawk
mid4
Ridgway's hawk
ringtail hawk
rough-legged hawk
rufous-thighed hawk
savanna hawk
screech hawk, screech-hawk
sea hawk, sea-hawk
semicollared hawk
sharp-shinned hawk
shite-hawk
short-tailed hawk
shower hawk
skeeter hawk
small-bird-hawk
snake hawk
snipe hawk
spar-hawk, sparhawk
sparrow hawk, sparrow-hawk, sparrowhawk
squirrel hawk
stand hawk
stannel hawk
star-hawk
stone hawk
Swainson's hawk
swallow-tailed hawk
tarantula hawk
tiny hawk
vanner hawk
war hawk, war-hawk
watch like a hawk|watch (someone or something) like a hawk
whistling hawk
white-breasted hawk
white-throated hawk
white hawk
zone-tailed hawk

Related terms
<!--These terms are etymologically related to "hawk" but not derived directly from the English word-->
creshawk
goshawk
sparhawk

Translations
trans-top|predatory bird
Croatian: t-|hr|jastreb|m
Czech: t-|cs|jest�áb|m
Dutch: t+|nl|havik|m
Finnish: t+|fi|haukka
French: t+|fr|faucon|m
German: t+|de|Habicht|m
Greek, Modern: γε�άκι n
Hungarian: t-|hu|héja
Icelandic: t+|is|haukur|m
trans-mid
Japanese: t+|ja|鷹|scJpan, t-|ja|��|trtaka|sc=Jpan
Italian: t+|it|falco|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|gavião|m
Russian: t+|ru|����еб|trjástr'eb|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: clamhan m, seabhag f
Slovene: t+|sl|jastreb|m
Spanish: t+|es|halcón|m
Swedish: hök c
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trans-top|advocate of aggressive politics
Dutch: t+|nl|havik|m
French: t+|fr|faucon|m
Italian: t+|it|falco|m
Japanese: 鷹派/��派 (����takaha)
trans-mid
Russian: мили�а��и�� (militaríst) m
Slovene: t+|sl|jastreb|m
Swedish: hök c
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Bosnian: jastreb m (1)
ttbc|Catalan: falcó
ttbc|Cherokee: ��� (dowodi)
ttbc|Chinese: 鹰 (yīng)�� (s�n)
ttbc|Esperanto: akcipitro
ttbc|Frisian: hauk (1)
ttbc|Indonesia: elang
ttbc|Latin: accipiter
ttbc|Lithuanian: vanagas m
ttbc|Low Saxon (Low German): Havik, Haavk m
ttbc|Norwegian: hauk m
ttbc|Polish: jastrz�b m
ttbc|Romanian: �oim m
ttbc|Spanish: gavilán m
ttbc|Telugu: డ�� (Daega)
ttbc|Turkish: do�an

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To hunt with a hawk.

Translations
trans-top|to hunt with a hawk
Italian: cacciare col falco
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Derived terms
hawk after
hawk at
hawk for
hawking<!--noun and adjective-->

Etymology 2
rfe|Not the same as the etymology for the bird

Noun
en-noun

1. A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on.

Derived terms
hawk boy, hawk-boy

Translations
trans-top|plasterer's tool
Italian: t-|it|nettatoia|f, t+|it|sparviero|m, t-|it|vassoio|m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Etymology 3
back-form|hawker<!--sic; confirmed in print dictionaries-->

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To sell.

#:The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.

Translations
trans-top|to sell
Italian: vendere per strada, vendere porta a porta
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Derived terms
hawked
hawking
hawky

Related terms
hawker<!--related, not derived; "hawk" comes from "hawker", not vice versa; see etymology-->

Etymology 4
rfe

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To forcibly attempt to cough up (phlegm).

#:Jim hawked up some spit and spat it on the sidewalk.

1. intransitive To clear the throat loudly.

#:Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.

Translations
trans-top|to attempt to cough up, to clear the throat
Italian: raschiare la gola
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Derived terms
hawking

See also
<!--terms not derived from "hawk"-->
Hawkshaw, hawkshaw<!--from the name of a fictional character-->
Hawkubite<!--from the name of a tribe-->
winkle-hawk<!--from Dutch "winkel-haak"-->

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