Definitions for hawking

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hawking hawk·ing

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IPA: /ˈhɔ kɪŋ/

Hawking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in hawking (aghiknw).

Definitions for hawking

noun

1. the sport of hunting with hawks or other birds of prey; falconry.
2. Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
3. any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
4. any of several similar, unrelated birds, as the nighthawk.
5. Informal. a person who preys on others, as a sharper.
6. Also called war hawk. Informal. a person, especially one in public office, who advocates war or a belligerent national attitude. Compare dove1 (def 5).
7. any person who pursues an aggressive policy in business, government, etc.:
8. a noisy effort to clear the throat.

verb (used with object)

1. to peddle or offer for sale by calling aloud in public.
2. to advertise or offer for sale:
3. to spread (rumors, news, etc.).
4. to raise by noisily clearing the throat:

verb (used without object)

1. to fly, or hunt on the wing, like a hawk.
2. to hunt with hawks.
3. to carry wares about for sale; peddle.
4. to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily.

Origin of hawking

Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at hawk¹, -ing¹

Examples for hawking

I am afraid you will find it difficult to make a living at hawking?

Perhaps, like hawking searching for his elegant equation, filmmakers will never find the answer.

And it just so happens that Thorne and hawking have been close friends for decades.

hawking, of course, came to global fame with his book A Brief History of Time.

This was in 1964, and hawking is now 72, and still rattling the cosmos.

In other words, though excellent for hawking, they are too tough for spitting.

Of the three films, the most English by far is the hawking story.

Tiny drums are also carried by pedlars when hawking their wares.

I know no lad of her age that can equal her in hunting or hawking.

Then it had become riding, hawking and, worst of all, reading.