Causing or feeling embarrassment or inconvenience, as the result of something Chicago White Sox announcer 'Hawk' Harrelson has said.
pitch is thrown well outside the strike zone
Hawk Harrelson comments, "C'MON!!! Now that's a STRIKE right there..."
:::4 seconds of Hawkward broadcast silence follow:::
when a group of new acquaintances, or people who've just met, sit together in silence; looking ("hawking") (around the room, at eachother, etc.) awkardly.
The moments when your friend leaves the room and his/her friend stays there silently (seemingly waiting for you to start a conversation). Hawkward.