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noun

ˈhȯk How to pronounce hawk (audio)
Definition of hawknext
as in militant
one who urges or attempts to cause a war the hawks were claiming that without war there could be no peace

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hawk

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verb

as in to peddle
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities a determined bootstrapper who went from hawking newspapers on the street corner to running a media empire

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Recent Examples of hawk
Noun
The party’s pro-Israel hawks say that turning away from Israel is out of step with the electorate. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The episode and subsequent lack of accountability have sent shock waves through Russia hawks and Ukraine's allies on Capitol Hill. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
Tomalak did a little bit of everything, fueling the offense as her team’s multidimensional quarterback and patrolling the secondary as a ball-hawking safety. — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 But Fitzgerald has moved from his typical ball-hawking safety role due to injuries to other defensive backs this year. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hawk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawk
  1. militant
  2. peddle
  3. militarist
  4. wholesale
  5. warmonger
  6. distribute
  7. war hawk
  8. merchandise
Noun
  • The Israeli military said the strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza targeted a Hamas commander and other militants, without providing evidence.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Aside from the sieges, hospitals and other medical facilities have frequently come under Israeli fire or been hit by airstrikes that the military says target Hamas militants.
    — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of militant
Verb
  • Christie’s, which is peddling the lush green landscape for an unnamed client, told Art News that it was guaranteed to sell.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Maybe do some research rather than peddling lies like the s*n.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of peddle
Noun
  • At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.
    — Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
Definition of militarist
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  • Colorado took a more lenient course, allowing brewing companies to wholesale their own products directly to licensed retailers.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The response is not to wholesale import consumer-software practices, since consequences in the automotive industry can be hazardous.
    — Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of wholesale
Noun
  • The gap between what Russians know to be true about the war and what the Kremlin says about it has grown so wide that even warmongers like Dugin struggle to bridge it.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • Putin, who ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022, casts European powers as warmongers for supporting Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars in support, weapons and intelligence.
    — Guy Faulconbridge, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Definition of warmonger
Verb
  • The launch reflects a growing effort to address data center power constraints by distributing computing capacity across existing sites.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The garden in the Bronx and its curators worked with Krukoff to name and distribute his sets of plant samples and kept copies for their own collections.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of distribute
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  • The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.
    — Daniel DePetris, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
  • Great Again isolationists and GOP war hawks.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of war hawk
Verb
  • Dress shirts are merchandised in the center, and include the popular Traveler assortment.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Expect retailers to start merchandising home fragrance by room rather than by scent family, and expect brands to release coordinated multi-room sets.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
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