Hawk vs. Hork — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hawk and Hork
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Hawk
Hawks are a group of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Hawks are widely distributed and vary greatly in size.
Hork
To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load.
Hawk
Any of various birds of prey, especially of the genera Accipiter and Buteo in the family Accipitridae, characteristically having a short hooked bill and strong claws used for seizing.
Hork
To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
Can I hork that code from you for my project?
Hawk
Any of various similar birds of prey.
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Hork
(slang) To vomit, cough up.
Hawk
A person who preys on others; a shark.
Hork
(slang) To throw.
Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre.
Hawk
One who demonstrates an actively aggressive or combative attitude, as in an argument.
Hork
(slang) To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.
I don't know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night!
Hawk
A person who favors military force or action in order to carry out foreign policy.
Hork
To move.
Go hork the kegs from out back.
Hawk
An audible effort to clear the throat by expelling phlegm.
Hawk
To hunt with trained hawks.
Hawk
To swoop and strike in the manner of a hawk
"It was fun to watch the scattered snail kites ... lifting and falling in the wind as they hawked across the shining grass and water" (Peter Matthiessen).
Hawk
To peddle goods aggressively, especially by calling out.
Hawk
To peddle (goods) aggressively, especially by calling out.
Hawk
To clear or attempt to clear the throat by or as if by coughing up phlegm.
Hawk
To clear the throat of (phlegm).
Hawk
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
Hawk
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
Hawk
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
Hawk
(politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
Hawk
(game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
Hawk
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
Hawk
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
Hawk
(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
Hawk
(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
To hawk at flies
Hawk
(transitive) To 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.
Hawk
To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
Hawk
To 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.
Hawk
One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidæ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
Hawk
An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
Hawk
A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.
Hawk
To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks.
Hawk
To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; - generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.
A falcon, towering in her pride of place,Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
Hawk
To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.
Hawk
To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
Hawk
To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.
His works were hawked in every street.
Hawk
Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
Hawk
An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
Hawk
A square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
Hawk
Sell or offer for sale from place to place
Hawk
Hunt with hawks;
The Arabs like to hawk in the desert
Hawk
Clear mucus or food from one's throat;
He cleared his throat before he started to speak
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