| hawk | (noun) diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail | - |
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| (noun) a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar | Synonyms: mortarboard |
| (noun) an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations | Synonyms: war hawk |
| (verb) clear mucus or food from one's throat | Synonyms: clear the throat |
| (verb) hunt with hawks | - |
| (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend |
| hawkbill | (noun) pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | Synonyms: Eretmochelys imbricata, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle |
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| hawkbit | (noun) any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions | - |
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| hawker | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman |
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| (noun) a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry | Synonyms: falconer |
| hawking | (noun) the act of selling goods for a living | Synonyms: peddling, vending, vendition |
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| hawkish | (adjective) disposed to warfare or hard-line policies | Synonyms: militant, warlike |
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| hawkishness | (noun) any political orientation favoring aggressive policies | - |
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| hawkmoth | (noun) any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed | Synonyms: hawk moth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth |
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| hawksbill | (noun) pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | Synonyms: Eretmochelys imbricata, hawkbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle |
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| hawkshaw | (noun) someone who is a detective | Synonyms: dick, gumshoe |
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| hawkweed | (noun) any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Pilosella | - |