hawk
verb/hɔːk/
/hɔːk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hawk | /hɔːk/ /hɔːk/ |
| he / she / it hawks | /hɔːks/ /hɔːks/ |
| past simple hawked | /hɔːkt/ /hɔːkt/ |
| past participle hawked | /hɔːkt/ /hɔːkt/ |
| -ing form hawking | /ˈhɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈhɔːkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] hawk something to try to sell things by going from place to place asking people to buy them synonym peddle
- He made a living hawking cleaning products from door to door.
- [intransitive, transitive] hawk (something) to get phlegm (= a thick substance that forms in your nose and throat when you are ill) in your mouth when you cough
Word Originverb sense 1 late 15th cent.: probably a back-formation from hawker. verb sense 2 late 16th cent.: probably imitative.
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