Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hawking

2 senses of hawking

Sense 1
Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking -- (English theoretical physicist (born in 1942))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2
vending, peddling, hawking, vendition -- (the act of selling goods for a living)
       => selling, merchandising, marketing -- (the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hawk

3 senses of hawk

Sense 1
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch -- (sell or offer for sale from place to place)
       => deal, sell, trade -- (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes")

Sense 2
hawk -- (hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert")
       => hunt, run, hunt down, track down -- (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods")

Sense 3
clear the throat, hawk -- (clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak")
       => cough -- (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day")