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1. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
    
2. An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
   - war hawk
    
3. A square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
   - 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. Clear mucus or food from one's throat
   - clear the throat, harrumph

Derived forms: hawking, hawks, hawked

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

Antonym: peacenik

Part of: Accipitridae, family Accipitridae

Encyclopedia: Hawk, Dove