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hawk

noun

  1. a diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle
L16896 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. try to attract buyers
L331898 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːk/ / /ˈhɔk/ / /ˈhɑk/

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, occupational surname for a hawker. This may have been inherited from Middle English hauek (“hawk”), from Old English hafoc. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English halke (“isolated nook”), from Old English healh (“nook”) + diminutive suffix -oc.

  1. A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.

noun

Etymology: Probably imitative, like hock (“cough”), hack (“cough”), although see the latter entry for more.

  1. A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

verb

Etymology: Probably imitative, like hock (“cough”), hack (“cough”), although see the latter entry for more.

  1. To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.

    to hawk a loogie

    [I]s a trobled with the cough a the Lunges ſtill? does he hawke anights ſtill?

  2. To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

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