1. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
   "A hawk circled overhead, scanning the ground for potential prey"
    
2. An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
   "The war hawk senator pushed for military intervention";
   - war hawk
    
3. A square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
   "The bricklayer balanced the hawk on one hand while applying mortar with the other";
   - mortarboard

1. Sell or offer for sale from place to place
   "He had been told to hawk his papers elsewhere";
   - peddle, monger, huckster [N. Amer], vend, pitch
    
2. Hunt with hawks
   "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"
    
3. Forcefully clear throat of phlegm
   "He was hawking and coughing all morning"

Derived forms: hawks, hawking, hawked

Type of: bird of prey, board, deal, hunt, hunt down, militarist, raptor, raptorial bird, run, sell, track down, trade, warmonger

Antonym: dove

Part of: Accipitridae, family Accipitridae

Encyclopedia: Hawk, Harry