(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a large bird with a short, hooked beak, sharp claws, and very good eyesight. Hawks catch and eat small birds and animals.
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2.
In politics, if you refer to someone as a ~, you mean that they believe in using force and violence to achieve something, rather than using more peaceful or diplomatic methods. Compare dove .
Both ~s and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war.
? dove
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3.
If someone ~s goods, they sell them by walking through the streets or knocking at people’s houses, and asking people to buy them. (OLD-FASHIONED)
...vendors ~ing trinkets.
= peddle
VERB: V n
4.
You can say that someone is ~ing something if you do not like the forceful way in which they are asking people to buy it.
Developers will be ~ing cut-price flats and houses.
VERB: V n disapproval
5.
If you watch someone like a ~, you observe them very carefully, usually to make sure that they do not make a mistake or do something you do not want them to do.
PHRASE: V inflects