to hawk
1
9.6
- verb
- /hɔk/
- Jargon
:
practicar la cetrería
- Jim turns to hawk at a bird.
Examples
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He had just set horse and hounds and hawk on her; why should she be peaceable?
Fiction book (1993) -
Fishing bats are large, yellow-orange, and rather pungent creatures that can hawk large flying insects or snag small ocean fish from the surf.
Academic text (2003) -
Let 'em hawk.
Fiction book (1991) -
They had danced only with each other, walked endless miles in the garden, hunted and hawked together.
Blog text (28) -
Sork waited while the two turtles hawked and hissed at each other.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nothing surprises me anymore; even the liars who hawk birdbrained conspiracy theories in order to exonerate the terrorist hijackers and blame the victims.
Blog text (33) -
Like Asiatic sultans that would go hawking after butterflies with sparrows, we misappropriate the hour.
Fiction book (1991) -
On weekends, my father enjoys hawking in the countryside with a trained falcon.
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In medieval times, noblemen often engaged in hawking as a popular sport.
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The falconer demonstrated the art of hawking during the wildlife exhibition.
Synonyms
1
9.8
To hunt using trained falcons
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hawk (falconry) comes straight from the bird: to 'hawk' means to hunt with trained hawks, so the verb simply names the act of using a hawk to catch game.