hawk

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hawk [hawk hawks hawked hawking] noun, verb BrE [hɔːk] NAmE [hɔːk]
noun
1. a strong fast ↑bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food)
•He waited, watching her like a hawk (= watching her very closely).
see also ↑sparrowhawk
2. a person, especially a politician, who supports the use of military force to solve problems
Opp: ↑dove
see have eyes like a hawk at ↑eye _n.

Word Origin:
n. Old English hafoc heafoc Germanic Dutch havik German Habicht v. sense 1 late 15th cent. ↑hawkerv. sense 2 late 16th cent.

Example Bank:
•He waited, watching his prisoner like a hawk.
•The hawk swooped low over the field.

 
verb
1. transitive ~ sth to try to sell things by going from place to place asking people to buy them
Syn: ↑peddle
•He made a living hawking cleaning products from door to door.
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to get ↑phlegm in your mouth when you cough
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. Old English hafoc heafoc Germanic Dutch havik German Habicht v. sense 1 late 15th cent. ↑hawkerv. sense 2 late 16th cent.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mortarboard, war hawk, clear the throat, peddle, monger, huckster, vend, pitch
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  dove, peacenik