hawk
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(verb) clear the throat, as of phlegm |
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Synonyms: hawk and spit |
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Related Words: cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up |
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(verb) hunt with hawks |
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Related Words: hunt, hunt down, run, track down |
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(noun) diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail |
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Related Words: Accipiter cooperii, Accipiter gentilis, Accipiter nisus, Buteo buteo, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteo lineatus, Cooper's hawk, Pandion haliaetus, Pernis apivorus, bird of prey, blue darter, buteonine, buzzard, chicken hawk, eyas, falcon, fish eagle, fish hawk, goshawk, harrier, harrier eagle, hen hawk, honey buzzard, kite, osprey, raptor, raptorial bird, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, redtail, rough-legged hawk, roughleg, sea eagle, short-toed eagle, sparrow hawk, tercel, tercelet, tiercel |
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(noun) an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations |
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Synonyms: war hawk |
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Related Words: militarist, warmonger |
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Antonyms: dove |
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| 5. |
(verb) clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak" |
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Synonyms: clear the throat |
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Related Words: cough |
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(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place |
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Synonyms: huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend |
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Related Words: deal, sell, trade |
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