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

Pigeons were eaten by hawks.
The school's mascot is the hawk.
The district's mascot is the Hawk.
The fox and the hawk come to mind.
A man's eyes are pecked out by a hawk.
Hawks topple Brownsville Veterans to stay atop.
A hawk is perched on the man's outstretched hand.
He prefers retreat in the face of the omen of a hawk.
_wild_ hawk, a _hawk unreclaimed_, or _irreclaimable_.
The La Gana hawk is a good weapon but seems otherwise useless.
The commander used the scanner to interrogate the captive Hawk.
The national bird is the hawk and the national animal is the rattlesnake.
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.