hawk en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɔːk/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
- /ˈhɔk/ without the cot–caught merger
- (US) audio
- /ˈhɑk/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈhoːk/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈhɒk/ (Canada)
- /ˈhɔk/ (Scotland)
- /ˈhoːk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk Inherited 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”)).
Meanings
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A 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.
He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry.
c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 47–48:
- 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.
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An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
“Everybody knows who were the hawks and who were the doves,” Bundy told the ExComm on the morning of October 28, after Khrushchev announced that he was withdrawing his missiles. “Today was the day of the doves.”
2012 October 11 [1962], Michael Dobbs, quoting McGeorge Bundy, “The original hawks and doves”, in Foreign Policy:A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 106:President Donald Trump has spent years playing the role of a China hawk.
2019, “The World in 2020”, in The Economist:
- 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.
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(US, often, qualifier:especially Chicago; and nationwide in African-American; especially Chicago; and nationwide in African-American, with-definite-article) Cold, sharp or biting wind.
[…] in Chicago […] I can't help but love winter and fall. Mostly fall, because fuck snow, and that hawk blowing off the lake is enough to make your teeth drop right out of your skull , but winter can be kind of okay if it doesn't snow a whole lot and no one asks me to go sledding or do some other Hallmark-movie nonsense.
2017 May 30, Samantha Irby, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays, Vintage, →ISBN, page 95:[…] take-out sandwich from Arnie's on Jackson, then a brisk walk to Michigan Avenue in the face of the "Hawk," blowing newspapers and skirts and the gulls wheeling over the Michigan Avenue Bridge in front of […]
2000 September 26, William Anderson, A Season of Flames, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 27:I wanna learn by Ruby's birthday party." Pride turned up his collar against the hawk blowing from the river."
2007 December 1, Gay G. Gunn, Pride and Joi, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 47:[…] a hand-fired coal furnace that required little attention and kept the cottage coy in spite of "the hawk" blowing icy blasts outside. So in spite of Thumper's continuing discomfort we enjoyed a fairly merry Christmas. But then the base daily bulletin was published with the roster of OGs (officers of the guard) for the[…]
2002 June 25, Charles W. Dryden, A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 215:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hawks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
hawk's-bill turtle · northern hawk owl · hawk eagle · hawk-eye · like a hawk · climate hawk · screech-hawk · hawk-kite · hawk eye · hawks-beard · have eyes like a hawk · dorhawk · flyhawk · hawk-headed parrot · hawk's beard · budget hawk · hawk-nut · chickenhawk · hawky · seahawk · Hawkwing · hawk-eyed · hawk owl · duskhawk · hawklet · hawksbill · Hawkery · blue hen-hawk · hawkweed · hawk-like · hawkwise · Berigora hawk · green marsh hawk · hawk's meat · hawk's eye · hawk-parrot · hawk's bill · hawk's-feet · ornate hawk-eagle · Hawks Nest · hawk-eagle · know a hawk from a handsaw · ballhawk · hawk's-foot · privet hawk moth · hawkless · common hawk-cuckoo · hawkmoth · hawk-nose · hawk-billed · fishhawk · African harrier-hawk · gunhawk · hawk nose · hawked · hawk of the soar · between hawk and buzzard · hawk of the lure · Hawk-Eye · grasshawk · Whitehawk · fish-hawk · cicada hawk · crested hawk-eagle · parahawk · hawk-moth · white-rumped hawk · white-tailed hawk · hawklike · newshawk · hawk-owl · sparrowhawk · cuckoo-hawk · hawk-nosed · hawkism · eagle-hawk · hawknose · hawksbeard · hawk-swallow · spar-hawk · hawk-beaked · hawk swallow · duck-hawk · hawknosed · red-backed hawk · blue marsh hawk · hawk fly · watch like a hawk · hawk-faced · hawk's bell · hawk of the sea · shitehawk · roadside hawk · hawknut · like a mother hawk · hawk-dove game · hawk's-beard · nighthawk · fish hawk · hawkishness · hawkish · hawkist · tarantula hawk · pigeonhawk · harrier-hawk · hawkbell · hen-hawk · changeable hawk-eagle · hawksbill turtle · hawkery · hawker · rufous-tailed hawk · hawk-cuckoo · hawk of the fist · puttock · eaglehawk · hawk's-eye · hawk moth · hawkling · hawkfish · hawk-fly
Descendants
Hyponyms
hobby hawk · tiny hawk · red-tailed hawk · partridge-hawk · mar-hawk · sparrow-hawk · white-breasted hawk · pap-hawk · aspere-hawk · Ridgway's hawk · swallow-tailed hawk · liberal hawk · molly hawk · great black hawk · game hawk · sparrow hawk · dove hawk · Blackhawk · sea-hawk · African harrier hawk · screech hawk · jiddy hawk · peregrine hawk · jack-hawk · Krider's hawk · eagle-hawk · market-hawk · semicollared hawk · common black hawk · hover-hawk · crested hawk · grasshopper hawk · duck-hawk · kite hawk · pondhawk · dorhawk · perry hawk · gopher hawk · man-of-war hawk · gray-lined hawk · Harlan's hawk · Cooper's hawk · long-tailed hawk · passage hawk · duck hawk · stand hawk · Swainson's hawk · Doria's hawk · Black Hawk · prairie hawk · white hawk · rook hawk · dor-hawk · lark-hawk · killy hawk · hen hawk · vanner hawk · crane hawk · screech-hawk · hen-hawk · small-bird-hawk · Gundlach's hawk · Black Hawk County · rock hawk · ferruginous hawk · bicoloured hawk · broad-winged hawk · stannel hawk · bush hawk · harrier hawk · night hawk · rough-legged hawk · sharp-shinned hawk · pigeon-hawk · buteo hawk · ringtail hawk · stone hawk · shite-hawk · deficit hawk · eaglehawk · buzzard hawk · short-tailed hawk · cherry hawk · rufous-thighed hawk · mouse-hawk · brown hawk · cliff hawk · kitchen hawk · jashawk · great-footed hawk · Galápagos hawk · news-hawk · snake hawk · ball hawk · fish hawk · whistling hawk · sparrowhawk · eagle hawk · mouse hawk · Lucifer hawk · carrion hawk · newshawk · war-hawk · Hawaiian hawk · squirrel hawk · dorrhawk · blue hawk · Harris's hawk · gnat-hawk · shower hawk · snipe hawk · gnat hawk · skeeter hawk · chicken hawk · pigeon hawk · savanna hawk · Harlan's red-tailed hawk · mosquito hawk · Jayhawk · bay-winged hawk · white-throated hawk · quail hawk · black hawk · sea hawk · red hawk · mullet hawk · mountain hawk · bee hawk · marsh hawk · mangrove black hawk · make-hawk · war hawk · tarantula hawk · moth-hawk · red-shouldered hawk · zone-tailed hawk · grey-lined hawk · fire hawk · fish-hawk · cuckoo hawk · Cuban black hawk · bat hawk · meadowhawk · fishhawk · star-hawk · night-hawk · chicken-hawk · plain-breasted hawk · kitty hawk · fauxhawk · smoke hawk · moor hawk · bird hawk · gray hawk · chickenhawk · grey hawk
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (211)
gl azor (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hu ölyv (similar bird) · et haugas (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · id rajawali (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · gld гихон (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · it sparviere (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sw kipanga (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · rif asiwan (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hu háborúpárti (advocate of aggressive politics) · cy hebog (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ota طوغان (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · am ጭልፊት (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · it sparviero (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · gl gabián (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ur باز (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · nds-de Haavke (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · kl kissavik (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · io falkono (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · he נֵץ (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sah хардааччы (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fa شاهین (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ru милитари́ст (advocate of aggressive politics) · as শেন (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ru я́стреб (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hy բազե (advocate of aggressive politics) · de Falke (advocate of aggressive politics) · rif tamedda (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · da høg (advocate of aggressive politics) · neg ге̄хин (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ja 鷹 (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · grc πέρκος (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hsb jatřob (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · vot haukkõ (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ja 鷹派 (advocate of aggressive politics) · pl jastrząb (advocate of aggressive politics) · vi chim ưng (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ks پٲز (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fr faucon (advocate of aggressive politics) · kjh хартыға (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · zu uhele class 11/10 (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · krc картчыгъа (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sk jastrab (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ba ҡарсыға (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · alt карчага (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · chy aénohe (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ha shaho (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · de Bellizist (advocate of aggressive politics) · cs jestřáb (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · oc falcon (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · cy gwalch (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · is haukur (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · izh sakkeli (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · bg я́стреб (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ka მილიტარისტი (advocate of aggressive politics) · ka samxedro ʒalis gamoq̇enebis momxre (advocate of aggressive politics) · nds-de Haavk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · nb hauk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · de Kriegshetzer (advocate of aggressive politics) · es azor (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · niv ӈайс (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · de Bellizistin (advocate of aggressive politics) · hy բազե (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ca aligot (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ja タカ派 (advocate of aggressive politics) · fi haukka (advocate of aggressive politics) · hu sas (similar bird) · ko 매 (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ms rajawali (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hu militarista (advocate of aggressive politics) · it falco (advocate of aggressive politics) · nl havik (advocate of aggressive politics) · hu háborús uszító (advocate of aggressive politics) · pl jastrząb (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ast ferre (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · da høg (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · grc κίρκος (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · cs jestřáb (advocate of aggressive politics) · sah кыырт (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · dsb jastśeb (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · pdt Hofkje (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fr épervier (similar bird) · tr atmaca (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fi haukka (game theory: type of player) · no hauk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sv hök (advocate of aggressive politics) · gd seabhag (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · eo akcipitro (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · el γεράκι (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · pt gavião (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sv hök (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fr autour (goshawk) (similar bird) · grc ἱέραξ (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sn rukodzi (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · be я́страб (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · gv shawk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · tyv хартыга (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sl jastreb (advocate of aggressive politics) · krc къыртчыгъа (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · zza bāze (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · gd clamhan (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hu karvaly (similar bird) · arz صقر (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ur شاہین (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · lv vanags (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · nog каршыга (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · de Kriegstreiber (advocate of aggressive politics) · fi haukka (similar bird) · de Militaristin (advocate of aggressive politics) · az qırğı (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ka ძალისმიერი პოლიტიკის მომხრე (advocate of aggressive politics) · uz qarchigʻay (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hu héja (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · yi פֿאַלק (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ur چیل (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sq skifter (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fa قوش (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · la astur (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · es halcón (advocate of aggressive politics) · cmn 鷹派 /鹰派 (advocate of aggressive politics) · th เหยี่ยว (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fo heykur (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · oj gekek (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · es halcón (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · af hawik (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ka ძალისმიერი პოლიტიკის გამტარებელი (advocate of aggressive politics) · crh atmaca (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · phn 𐤑𐤑 (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · chr ᏔᏬᏗ (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · la accipiter (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ar صَقْر (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · tl lawin (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · vi diều hâu (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · de Bussard (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ka ქორი (advocate of aggressive politics) · egy T:n-Hr:r-nw-G39 (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · cdo 老鷂 /老鹞 (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sq gjeraqinë (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · cjs қартыға (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hi श्येन (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ain タカ (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · lt vanagas (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · pox ofkă (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · izh haukka (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sd باز (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · nds-de Hoovk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · pi sena (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ceb banog (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fr buse (buzzard) (similar bird) · es gavilán (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · mi kāhu (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ja タカ (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · br gwalc’h (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fa باز (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ltg vonogs (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · it falco (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · eve гякан (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · pt belicista (advocate of aggressive politics) · ca falcó (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fi haukka (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · as চিলনী (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · tsg sambulaan (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ksw လံာ် (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · kk қаршыға (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · grc τριόρχης (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · twf tòkeną (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · th ผู้กระหายสงคราม (advocate of aggressive politics) · sa श्येन (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sl jastreb (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · scn farcu (advocate of aggressive politics) · ga seabhac (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ar بَاز (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · mba banog (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ang hafoc (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ro uliu (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · te శ్యేనము (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ru я́стреб (advocate of aggressive politics) · tt карчыга (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · vo fäon (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sh јастреб (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ka ინტერვენციონისტი (advocate of aggressive politics) · ur عقاب (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · de Kriegshetzerin (advocate of aggressive politics) · nl havik (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · te డేగ (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · crh qırğıy (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · vep habuk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · nds-de Haav (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · yi האַביכט (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fr autour (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ka ʒalismieri metodebis gamoq̇enebis momxre (advocate of aggressive politics) · de Kriegstreiberin (advocate of aggressive politics) · cmn 鷹 /鹰 (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · nds-de Hoov (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ta பருந்து (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · qu waman (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · stq Hauk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · vo hauk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hu sólyom (similar bird) · mk јастреб (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · uk я́струб (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hi बाज़ (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · myv вадов (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · hu héja (advocate of aggressive politics) · de Militarist (advocate of aggressive politics) · cho bia̱kak (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · sh jastreb (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · fy hauk (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ka პოლიტიკური ქორი (advocate of aggressive politics) · olo haukku (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · ka შევარდენი (predatory bird of Accipitridae) · tk gyrgy (predatory bird of Accipitridae)