hawk in WordNet English dictionary

1. clear mucus or food from one's throat
   "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"
   clear the throat  hawk 
   
2. hunt with hawks
   "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"
   hawk 
   
3. sell or offer for sale from place to place
   peddle  monger  huckster  hawk  vend  pitch 
   

1. diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
   hawk 
   
2. a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
   mortarboard  hawk 
   
3. an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
   hawk  war hawk