Synonyms of hawking

hawking

verb

present participle of hawk

as in peddling

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peddling
• distributing
• retailing
• wholesaling
• marketing
• vending
• dealing (in)
• merchandising
• trading (in)
• hustling
• high-pressuring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hawking

Farage has many sources of income other than a lawmaker’s salary, including hawking gold bullion, hosting a TV current affairs show, public speaking and recording personal video messages on the Cameo platform. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content). — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026

Newer and smaller founders hawking beef jerky, pita chips and hydration beverages credited AI for fueling their growth and getting them into the same show as bigger brands like Stonewall Kitchen and Bonne Maman. — Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Note the poster of the defector Mikhail Baryshnikov hawking Crime and Punishment. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

This was, first and foremost, a market formed around premium assets — star-level players on attractive deals like Kyrou and Tkachuk, or players 25 or under with star-level potential like Byram, Nemec, Samoskevich and Eklund — and for the most part, those aren’t the wares the Canucks are hawking. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 24 June 2026

But while men in suits are hawking skin care to tweens and trying not to be cringe, Gen-X and elder Millennial women have been amassing money, power, and influence. — Danielle McNally, InStyle, 17 June 2026

And for Matthews, a merch vendor hawking Knicks T-shirts near MSG, a Game 6, or even Game 7 victory would only mean the gravy train keeps on rolling. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026

In just a short time, Louis has already put his ball hawking prowess on display with a pick-six during rookie minicamp. — Miami Herald, 1 June 2026