hawk

CEFRC1

/ˈhɔːk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large bird that hunts small animals.

  2. 02

    verb

    To try to sell something, especially loudly or aggressively.

Examples

  • The bird was half the size of a hawk.

  • An arrow passed through the hawk.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.

  2. Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.

  3. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

More examples

In context

  • Mr Hawk is a kind gentleman.

  • It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.

  • The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.

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The blank soared high in the sky, looking for small animals to eat.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *kap- (“seize”). Cognate with West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)).