Meaning of "hawk" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAWK

From Shakespeare (Hamlet II:2:375); handsaw is probably a corruption of dialect heronshaw heron. Old English hafoc; related to Old Norse haukr, Old Frisian havek, Old High German habuh, Polish kobuz.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HAWK

hawk  [hɔːk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAWK

Hawk is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hawk in English.

WHAT DOES HAWK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hawk

Hawk is a common name for some small to medium-sized diurnal birds of prey, widely distributed and varying greatly in size. ▪ The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, the sharp-shinned hawk and others. These are mainly woodland birds with long tails and high visual acuity, hunting by sudden dashes from a concealed perch. ▪ The subfamily Accipitrinae contains Accipiter; it also contains genera Micronisus, Urotriorchis, and Megatriorchis. Melierax may be included in the subfamily, or given a subfamily of its own. Erythrotriorchis is traditionally included in Accipitrinae, but is possibly a convergent genus from an unrelated group. ▪ In the Americas, members of the large genus Buteo are also called hawks; these are called buzzards in other parts of the world. Generally buteos have broad wings and sturdy builds. They are relatively larger winged, shorter-tailed and soar more extensively in open areas than accipiters, descending or pouncing on their prey rather than making fast horizontal pursuit.

Definition of hawk in the English dictionary

The first definition of hawk in the dictionary is any of various diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, such as the goshawk and Cooper's hawk, typically having short rounded wings and a long tail related adjective accipitrine. Other definition of hawk is any of various other falconiform birds, including the falcons but not the eagles or vultures. Hawk is also a ruthless or rapacious person.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HAWK

PRESENT

Present

I hawk

you hawk

he/she/it hawks

we hawk

you hawk

they hawk

Present continuous

I am hawking

you are hawking

he/she/it is hawking

we are hawking

you are hawking

they are hawking

Present perfect

I have hawked

you have hawked

he/she/it has hawked

we have hawked

you have hawked

they have hawked

Present perfect continuous

I have been hawking

you have been hawking

he/she/it has been hawking

we have been hawking

you have been hawking

they have been hawking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I hawked

you hawked

he/she/it hawked

we hawked

you hawked

they hawked

Past continuous

I was hawking

you were hawking

he/she/it was hawking

we were hawking

you were hawking

they were hawking

Past perfect

I had hawked

you had hawked

he/she/it had hawked

we had hawked

you had hawked

they had hawked

Past perfect continuous

I had been hawking

you had been hawking

he/she/it had been hawking

we had been hawking

you had been hawking

they had been hawking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will hawk

you will hawk

he/she/it will hawk

we will hawk

you will hawk

they will hawk

Future continuous

I will be hawking

you will be hawking

he/she/it will be hawking

we will be hawking

you will be hawking

they will be hawking

Future perfect

I will have hawked

you will have hawked

he/she/it will have hawked

we will have hawked

you will have hawked

they will have hawked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been hawking

you will have been hawking

he/she/it will have been hawking

we will have been hawking

you will have been hawking

they will have been hawking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would hawk

you would hawk

he/she/it would hawk

we would hawk

you would hawk

they would hawk

Conditional continuous

I would be hawking

you would be hawking

he/she/it would be hawking

we would be hawking

you would be hawking

they would be hawking

Conditional perfect

I would have hawk

you would have hawk

he/she/it would have hawk

we would have hawk

you would have hawk

they would have hawk

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been hawking

you would have been hawking

he/she/it would have been hawking

we would have been hawking

you would have been hawking

they would have been hawking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you hawk
we let´s hawk
you hawk

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to hawk

Past participle

hawked

Present Participle

hawking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HAWK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hawk» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of hawk

buzz · market · peddle · push · put about · rumour · sell · tout · traffic · vend

TRANSLATION OF HAWK

Find out the translation of hawk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hawk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hawk» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 鹰
• Translator English - Spanish: halcón
• English: hawk
• Translator English - Hindi: हॉक
• Translator English - Arabic: الصقور
• Translator English - Russian: ястреб
• Translator English - Portuguese: falcão
• Translator English - Bengali: বাজপাখি
• Translator English - French: faucon
• Translator English - Malay: Elang
• Translator English - German: Habicht
• Translator English - Japanese: タカ
• Translator English - Korean: 매
• Translator English - Javanese: Hawk
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chim ưng
• Translator English - Tamil: பருந்து
• Translator English - Marathi: बहिरी ससाणा
• Translator English - Turkish: şahin
• Translator English - Italian: falco
• Translator English - Polish: jastrząb
• Translator English - Ukrainian: яструб
• Translator English - Romanian: șoim
• Translator English - Greek: hawk
• Translator English - Afrikaans: smous
• Translator English - Swedish: hawk
• Translator English - Norwegian: hauk

10 QUOTES WITH «HAWK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hawk.

1

Herb Alpert

I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd stop your car and go into the nearest record store.

2

Julianna Baggott

And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.

3

Dick Cheney

I am a deficit hawk.

4

Sebastian Coe

Our success in Singapore was a Herculean effort by the whole team. Now I am determined to deliver on all we promised. I will be watching like a hawk.

5

Arne Glimcher

Fairs are beneath the dignity of art. To stand there in a booth and hawk your wares - it is just not how you sell art.

6

Lady Gregory

There's too many sounds in the world! The sounds of the earth are terrible! The roots squeezing and jostling one another through the clefts, and the crashing of the acorn from the oak. The cry of the little birdeen in under the silence of the hawk!

7

Pete Hegseth

Being a defense hawk and a budget hawk are not mutually exclusive.

8

Carl Icahn

My wife watches me like a hawk.

9

Megyn Kelly

Some things are worth the fat and calories, although I have to watch it like a hawk.

10

Rachel Maddow

The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAWK»

Discover the use of hawk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hawk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Black Hawk: An Autobiography

This story is told in the words of a tragic figure in American history - a hook-nosed, hollow-cheeked old Sauk warrior who lived under four flags while the Mississippi Valley was being wrested from his people.

Black Hawk (Sauk chief), Donald Jackson, 1964

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

Already a classic of war reporting and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback, "Black Hawk Down" is Mark Bowden's brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War.

Mark Bowden, 2010

Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder

For Tony Hawk, it wasn't enough to skate for two decades, to invent more than eighty tricks, and to win more than twice as many professional contests as any other skater.It wasn't enough to knock himself unconscious more than ten times, ...

Tony Hawk, 2010

Carving and Painting a Red-Tailed Hawk with Floyd Scholz

This field guide focuses on information that is needed when medical situations present themselves in an outdoor or remote setting. The authors cover not only intermediate treatment, but also initial emergency department management.

Curtis J. Badger, Floyd Scholz, 1997

Tony Hawk

In this young adult autobiography, Tony Hawk shares the stories from his life that have helped him become a skateboarding hero. Hawk speaks of being a super-competitive 'demon' child who found peace while on a skateboard.

Tony Hawk, Sean Mortimer, 2010

The Autobiography of Black Hawk

A provocative look at Black Hawk's wisdom and, ironically, his misunderstanding of the politics of the United States, this is a fascinating firsthand account of one of the foundational philosophical battles of American history.

Black Hawk, J. B. Patterson, 2007

Tony Hawk: Skateboarding Champion

A biography of Tony Hawk, the man who has invented numerous skateboarding moves and interested many, many people in this sport over the past twenty years.

Brian Wingate, 2003

A Counter-history of Composition: Toward Methodologies of ...

Hawk calls for the reexamination of current pedagogies to incorporate vitalism and complexity theory and argues for their application in the environments where students write and think today.

Byron Hawk, 2007

Hawk

"HER ARMS CLING TO YOU AND YOUR HEART ANSWERS, BUT THE WOMAN WILL NEVER BE YOURS". Such was the shaman's prediction about the beautiful girl he'd once adored, but Iron Hawk refused to believe it.

Elaine Barbieri, 2005

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

Beskriver udviklingen og anvendelsen af den amerikanske kamphelikopter fra 1970erne, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. Den findes i mange varianter og bruges i mange forskellige roller i mange lande.

Chris Bishop, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAWK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hawk is used in the context of the following news items.

Bird of the Month: Red-tailed hawk - Reno Gazette-Journal

A red-tailed hawk at Rancho San Rafael Park in north Reno. (Photo: Josh Ferrin). Habitat: The red-tailed hawk is a bird of open country. «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»

Linda Fangman named as Black Hawk County attorney

The supervisors voted 4-1 to select Fangman, who has been an assistant Black Hawk County attorney since 1997, over three other applicants ... «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jul 15»

Hawk 3D Proto Now Offering FiberForce Line of 3D Printing …

fiberforce-image Ben Hawksworth, the CEO and founder of Hawk 3D Proto, says he was so impressed following a visit to the Italian 3D printing ... «3DPrint.com, Jul 15»

West Nile found in hawk from Lancaster County - LancasterOnline …

The ill hawk was found on July 8 and died over the weekend at a York County bird clinic, according to David Schmidt, Lancaster County's West ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»

Red Tail Hawk Rescued - Nueces County Record Star: Recordstar

It's not often you see a juvenile red-tailed hawk. If you do see one, you might not even recognize it as a federally protected raptor. In May ... «Nueces County Record Star, Jul 15»

Schupp/Shupp/Shup, Hawk family reunion to be July 19

PALMERTON, Pa. – This year's annual Schupp/Shupp/Shup and Hawk family reunion will be held on Sunday at Don Laine Campgrounds, 790 ... «Bucyrus Telegraph Forum, Jul 15»

Watch the first gameplay trailer for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

Activision has released a gameplay trailer for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, the first next-gen instalment of the long-running skating series, and ... «Flickering Myth, Jul 15»

HAWK system ready to fly - Cape Gazette

A pedestrian safety system known as a HAWK Signal – short for high-intensity activated crosswalk – is poised for installation at two locations ... «Cape Gazette, Jul 15»

'The Belle of Bernal:' Drag Queens Hawk San Francisco Real Estate …

While Bravo's new reality show "Million Dollar Listing San Francisco" is putting local real estate agents in the limelight, a pair of realtors who ... «NBC Bay Area, Jul 15»

Hawk Road Flyers provide youth program - Maryville Daily Forum …

The EAA Chapter 1540 “Hawk Road Flyers” provide a program designed to introduce kids from ages 8 to 17 to flying. Posted: Tuesday, July 14, ... «Maryville Daily Forum, Jul 15»