Hawkery

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place where hawks used for hunting are kept.
  2. 2
    Aggressive salesmanship. uncountable
  3. 3
    Alternative form of Hawkery. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  4. 4
    The advocacy of war or analogous activity. uncountable

    "A principle of fiscal Hawkery was to never allow a planned deficit."

  5. 5
    The practice of hunting using hawks.
Show 1 more definition
  1. 6
    Advocates of war or analogous activity. uncountable

Example

More examples

"A principle of fiscal Hawkery was to never allow a planned deficit."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hawk (“bird”) + -ery.

Etymology 2

From hawk (“sell”) + -ery or hawker (“peddler”) + -y.

Etymology 3

See Hawkery

Etymology 4

From hawk (“advocate of war or warlike behavior”) + -ery.

More for "hawkery"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.