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Hawked

To hunt with a hawk.

📖 Definitions of "Hawked"

verb
  1. 1

    To hunt with a hawk.

  2. 2

    To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

    "to hawk at flies"

verb
  1. 1

    To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

    "The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square."

verb
  1. 1

    To cough up something from one's throat.

  2. 2

    To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.

    "Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco."

adjective
  1. 1

    Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.

  2. 2

    Spotted, streaked

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