Definitions for Hawks

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IPA: /hɔks/

Hawks is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in Hawks (ahksw).

Definitions for Hawks

noun

1. Howard (Winchester) 1896–1977, U.S. film director.
2. 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.
3. any of several similar, unrelated birds, as the nighthawk.
4. Informal. a person who preys on others, as a sharper.
5. Also called war hawk. Informal. a person, especially one in public office, who advocates war or a belligerent national attitude. Compare dove1 (def 5).
6. any person who pursues an aggressive policy in business, government, etc.:
7. a noisy effort to clear the throat.
8. a small, square board with a handle underneath it, used by plasterers and masons to hold plaster or mortar being applied.
9. a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.

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 Hawks

before 900; Middle English hauk(e), Old English hafoc; cognate with Old Frisian havek, Old Saxon habuc Old High German habuh, Old Norse haukr hawk, perhaps Polish kobuz kind of falcon

Examples for Hawks

Hawks at one point advised him to seek psychological counseling to get a handle on his feelings for Bacall.

We live right by Bernal Hill, so we see a lot of Hawks and other raptors up there.

Instead Hollywood remains tentative, depending on women-friendly filmmakers like Cukor, Hawks, and now Feig to push the envelope.

Hawks and owls capture a large quantity of our smaller birds.

Is not to-morrow my inspecting day For you and for your Hawks?

"But anything the watchbirds can do, the Hawks can do better," Macintyre said cheerfully.

He Hawks at every sort of game, and rarely does he make a false cast.

Pigeons or Hawks; dupes or swindlers,—an ugly alternative to choose from.

Once label execs heard “Hideaway,” they began circling it like Hawks.

I emailed Robby Kalland, who previously covered the Hawks for three years with Score Atlanta, SB Nation, and Hawks.com.