hawk

hawk is a 4-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 13 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
2. intransitive verb. To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
3. intransitive verb. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.
4. intransitive verb. To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.
5. transitive verb. To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
6. noun. An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
7. transitive verb. To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.
8. noun. A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.
9. noun. diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
10. noun. a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

    Synonyms: mortarboard

11. noun. an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
12. verb. clear mucus or food from one's throat

    "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"

13. verb. hunt with hawks

    "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"

14. verb. sell or offer for sale from place to place

    Synonyms: huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend

Synonyms

mortarboard, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend

Common word forms

hawks, hawked, hawker, hawking

Words from these letters

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