Hawk

Quick meaning: Hawk is a noun meaning A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

Meaning

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

More Meanings

1. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
2. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
3. (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
4. (US, especially Chicago, and nationwide in African-American, often with "the") Cold, sharp or biting wind.
5. (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
6. (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
7. (game theory) 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.

Example Sentences

He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry.

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

President Donald Trump has spent years playing the role of a China hawk.

I wanna learn by Ruby's birthday party." Pride turned up his collar against the hawk blowing from the river."

Word Forms

• hawks
• hawking
• hawked

Synonyms for hawk

Depending on context, synonyms include tout, warmonger, mortarboard, hawking, pitch, monger.

Antonyms for hawk

Common opposites include dove, peacenik.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pitch, huckster, peddle, vend, monger, kestrel.

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