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Hawking

To hunt with a hawk.

📖 Definitions of "Hawking"

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."

noun
  1. 1

    Action of the verb to hawk.

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