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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
hawk



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.
 

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