1. The act of selling goods for a living
   "Street hawking is a common sight in many urban areas";
   - vending, peddling, vendition

1. English theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1942-2018) known for his work on black holes and the origins of the universe
   - Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking

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: hawkings

Type of: deal, hunt, hunt down, physicist, run, sell, track down, trade

Encyclopedia: Hawking, Stephen