Phrase Hound found 126 phrases and 81 compound words that contain hawk. The most common are listed below. Open hawk in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 126
- Tony Hawk
- hawk owlThe northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula.
- hawk mothAny moth of the family Sphingidae.
- red-tailed hawkButeo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.
- Hawaiian hawkButeo solitarius, a raptor of the Buteo genus endemic to Hawaiʻi.
- hawk-eagleAny of several eagles of the family Accipitridae
- hawk tuahThe sound of spitting on a person's penis in preparation for oral sex.
- roadside hawkButeo magnirostris, a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America
- Black HawkA place in the United States:
- Hawk-EyeA system, using six static television cameras and sophisticated computing, to track the path of the ball in flight.
- Cooper's hawkAstur cooperii, a medium-sized hawk found from Canada to northern Mexico.
- broad-winged hawkButeo platypterus, a small hawk of the Buteo genus.
- red-backed hawkButeo polyosoma, a species of hawk.
- deficit hawkA person, especially one in power, who emphasizes keeping government budgets under control, derogatory when such actions are seen as predatory or entail harsh fiscal discipline or austerity.
- red-shouldered hawkA medium-sized hawk native to North America, of species Buteo lineatus.
- short-tailed hawkan American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
- ferruginous hawkButeo regalis, a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-tailed buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe
- sharp-shinned hawkAccipiter striatus, the smallest hawk to reside in USA and Canada, which preys on songbirds.
- white-tailed hawkButeo albicaudatus, a species of hawk found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas
- fish hawkAlternative form of fishhawk: The osprey.
- white hawkLeucopternis albicollis, an Amazonian raptor
- Kitty HawkA town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States that is world-famous because the Wright brothers made the first controlled powered airplane flights in the town.
- rufous-tailed hawkButeo ventralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family, found in southern Argentina and Chile
- white-rumped hawkButeo leucorrhous, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family found in South America.
- Swainson's hawkA hawk, Buteo swainsoni
Compound words 81
- nighthawkA nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar).
- sparrowhawkA Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
- eaglehawkAny large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
- chickenhawkAny of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.
- hawkweedAny species of plant of the genus Hieracium and its segregate genus Pilosella, in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).
- seahawkA rapacious gull-like bird of the genus Stercorarius.
- firehawkThe black kite, particularly in the context of its spreading of wildfires.
- hawksbeardAny of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.
- dawkTo drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
- newshawkA keen investigative reporter.