hawk

Noun

• a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

• an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

• diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

Verb

• clear mucus or food from one's throat
  • he cleared his throat before he started to speak
    

• hunt with hawks
  • the tribes like to hawk in the desert
    

• sell or offer for sale from place to place

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  mortarboard , war hawk , clear the throat , peddle , monger , huckster , vend , pitch
• Antonyms: 
  dove , peacenik