Hawking

verb

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.verbTo hunt with a hawk.

2.verbTo make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

"to hawk at flies"

3.verbTo sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

"The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square."

4.verbTo cough up something from one's throat.

5.verbTo try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.

"Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco."

6.nounAction of the verb to hawk.

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