hawk
noun
- a diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle
verb
- try to attract buyers
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.
- A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.
noun
Etymology: Probably imitative, like hock (“cough”), hack (“cough”), although see the latter entry for more.
- 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.
- 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?”
- 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.”