to hawk
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6.8
- verb
- /hɔk/
:
vender en la calle
- Food booths lined the sidewalks, and strolling vendors hawked pennants and balloons.
- hawk wares
- hawk on the streets
Examples
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No one's seen him since Friday morning, when he was hawking his wares at the horse fair.
Fiction book (1993) -
The town started a daily market at which soldiers and civilians alike hawked their produce and wares.
Academic text (2011) -
Not cool Chase to use a global pandemic to hawk your latest project.
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Now, I'm going to have to hawk this new guitar to pay the rent.
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You should have heard the priests hawking them today in the market.
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Outside, sunlight winked on windshields as cars moved in congested herds, and vendors hawked T-shirts, ice cream, and drinks.
Fiction book (1994) -
Flower girls and trinket vendors arrayed in colored scarves and ribbons hawked their wares on the street corners.
Fiction book (1990) -
As the sun rose, street vendors hawked their handmade crafts to the eager crowd.
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At the bustling market, the merchants hawked delicious fruits and vegetables to passersby.
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During the fair, musicians hawked their CDs while performing lively tunes on the sidewalk.
Synonyms
152
3.9
To try to sell something or persuade people to accept an idea
46
3.9
To sell goods by going from place to place or to people's houses
1
5.6
Sell goods in public places, often from a stall or cart
To travel from place to place selling goods
To sell goods in a pushy or dishonest way
Antonyms
Compounds
3
7.1
A medium-sized grey North American bird of prey that flies quickly through woods
- Slang
1
7.0
A player who often steals or catches the ball from the other team to help their team
- Specialized
1
8.6
A medium-sized North American bird of prey with reddish shoulders that lives in woods near water
- Specialized
A grey and white owl that hunts small mammals during the day in northern regions
- Specialized
A large Northern hawk with feathered legs that hunts small animals like mice
A large North American hunting bird with black and white feathers and a deeply forked tail
How Pushy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hawk (sell) meaning 'to sell by calling out' comes from the old word 'hawker' for a street seller; think of a hawker loudly offering goods in the street. That is why to 'hawk' something means to walk around and try to sell it.