hawk
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagleA diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
» Tom has been watching Mary like a hawk all morning.
Meaning
8 sensesA diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
Bussard
я́стребjástreb
я́струбjástrub
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
Falke, Kriegshetzer, Kriegshetzerin
я́стребjástreb, милитари́стmilitaríst
an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.
(US, often, with definite article)Cold, sharp or biting wind.
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.
Mörtelbrett, Reibebrett, Traufel
соко́лsokól, со́колsókol, соколо́кsokolók
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
Examples
62 sentencesTom has been watching Mary like a hawk all morning.
Hawking went back to his studies.
deHawking wandte sich wieder seinen Studien zu.
I saw several hawks today.
The hawk caught the mouse.
The hawk is my favourite bird.
Яструб - мій улюблений птах.
deDer Falke ist mein Lieblingsvogel.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, from ProtInherited 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”).
Uncertain; perhaps from Middle English hache (“battle-axe”), or from a variant use of the above, for this compare with Russian со́кол (sókol, “falcon, but also a hawk (plaster's tool), mortarboard”).
Probably imitative, like hock (“cough”), hack (“cough”), although see the latter entry for more.
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Forms
plural: hawksSynonyms
4 synonyms- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations:war hawk
- a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar:mortarboard