hawk

IPA: hˈɔk

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
(politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
(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, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
A surname.

(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
(transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
(transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.

Examples of "hawk" in Sentences

_wild_ hawk, a _hawk unreclaimed_, or _irreclaimable_.
The La Gana hawk is a good weapon but seems otherwise useless.
Hawk catches a live animal The term hawk can be used in several ways: In strict usage in
They are angry that there kids will be left in hawk up to their eye balls by the government.
SwtPrince_dk @RosGuild I am but mad N by NW when the wind is S'ly I know a hawk from a handsaw
An animal control officer picked up an injured hawk from a person's yard and took the hawk to a wildlife rehabilitator.
Hawk catches a live animal The term hawk can be used in several ways: In strict usage in Europe and Asia, to mean any of the species in the subfamily
To the Fried Hiatts who care about this stuff being a "deficit hawk" is about inflicting pain on Democratic constituencies, not reducing the deficit.