hawk

Meanings

• diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
• an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
• a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
• sell or offer for sale from place to place
• hunt with hawks
  • "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"
• clear mucus or food from one's throat

Synonyms

clear the throat, huckster, monger, mortarboard, peddle, pitch, vend, war hawk