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| Main Entry: |
hawk
 [hawk] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a warlike person |
| Synonyms: | belligerent, chauvin, chauvinist, jingo, jingoist, militarist, war hawk, warmonger |
| Notes: | falcon probably comes ultimately from Germanic falkon; a falcon's wings are longer and more pointed than hawk wings and they are fast, frenzied fliers as opposed to hawks which have a flap-soar pattern of flying |
| Antonyms: | dove |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advertise |
| Synonyms: | announce, bark*, broadcast, build up, hawk, hype*, press-agent, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, puff, trumpet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase for killing |
| Synonyms: | beat the bushes, bird-dog, capture, course, dog, drag, drive, fish, follow, give chase, grouse, gun for, gun*, hawk, heel, hound, kill, look for, poach, press, pursue, ride, run, scent, scratch, scratch around, seek, shadow, shoot, snare, stalk, start, track, trail |
| Antonyms: | let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Trapping the hawk involves building a special cage that is then dragged from a car.
- It is exciting to watch the duck hawk in pursuit of his prey.
- Field guides to nature abound, and they are invaluable for pinning down the name of a songbird or hawk that flashes by.
| Main Entry: | lookout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guard; place from which to guard |
| Synonyms: | anchor, beacon, belvedere, case, catbird seat, citadel, crow's nest, cupola, eagle eye, hawk, observance, observation, observatory, outlook, overlook, panorama, patrol, post, scene, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, station, surveillance, tip, tower, view, vigil, vigilance, ward, watch, watch person watchtower, watcher, weather eye |
| Main Entry: | peddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sell door to door |
| Synonyms: | canvas*, hawk, huckster, market, monger, push, shove, solicit, trade, vend |
| Antonyms: | buy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange an object for money |
| Synonyms: | advertise, auction, bargain, barter, be in business, boost, clinch the deal, close, close the deal, contract, deal in, dispose, drum, dump, exchange, handle, hawk, hustle, market, merchandise, move, peddle, persuade, pitch, plug, puff, push, put across, put up for sale, retail, retain, snow, soft sell, soft soap, spiel*, stock, sweet talk, trade, traffic, unload, vend, wholesale |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Antonyms: | buy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | solicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead for; try to sell |
| Synonyms: | accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, come on to, crave, demand, desire, drum up, drum, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hit on, hit up, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, pass the hat, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, sue for, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | spit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject saliva or substance |
| Synonyms: | discharge, drool, expectorate, hawk, hiss, sibilate, sizz, slobber, spatter, spew, splutter, spritz, sputter, throw out |
| Antonyms: | swallow |
| Main Entry: | warmonger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | militarist |
| Synonyms: | combatant, fighter, hawk, jingoist, militant |
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