Hawk

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
3. isim Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
4. isim An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.

   “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.”

5. isim 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.
6. isim Cold, sharp or biting wind.

   “[…] 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 […]”

7. fiil To hunt with a hawk.

   “To hawke, or els to hunt From the auter to the funt”

8. fiil To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

   “to hawk at flies”

9. isim 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.
10. fiil To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

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

11. isim A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
12. fiil To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.

    “to hawk a loogie”

13. fiil To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

    “Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.”

14. özel isim A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.