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Unlike the majestic predatory bird, when a human is described as hawkish, they're being praised for being reckless, which is why the human version of hawkish is nothing like the bird. The bird tends to be cautious since birds know how to survive without killing a lot of things they're not eating.
If the hawkish guy/girl toned his/her mouth down a little, he/she wouldn't have to keep killing to prove that he/she wasn't full of shit and reckless in behavior.
Hawkish by Solid Mantis January 29, 2020
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Any animal that flies knows how to be cautious, which is most likely why humans don't have wings. Kobe Bryant's pilot was an example of why humans were given wings by other humans, and not by nature. A human described as hawkish is usually the exact opposite of the animal, the hawk.
Unlike the bird of prey, the hawkish guy/girl gets everyone in deep shit, and usually leaves everyone else stuck in deep shit.
Hawkish by Solid Mantis January 29, 2020
Adjative

Somthing good or great
"Michael had a very hawkish day today"
Hawkish by AboveRed March 26, 2024

Hawkish Hold 

A central bank position during an interest rate decision whereas the bank forecasts future rate increases but maintains current policy rates.
The bank of Canada announced their interest rate decision and it was a hawkish hold.
Hawkish Hold by DoobleB January 26, 2022

hawkshit 

Hawkshit refers to something someone did that was particularly manipulative, devious, and deceptive in order to gain something.

It can be as lowly as someone getting credit for something they didn't do or create, to being a complete cash scam.
1) A certain single-hit rap star took Queen and David Bowie's background music from their song "Under Pressure" and put it in his, without giving credit until he was forced to. Total hawkshit.

2) I ordered something online from a hawkshit website and didn't realize it until a bunch more cash than I used to pay for the item mysteriously went missing from my bank account. The item also never arrived...
hawkshit by The Big Scoop May 12, 2011
1. A catch phrase commonly used by White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson.

2. Standard parlance of an incompetent hillbilly; staple of stylized speech patterns associated with South Carolinian trailer communities; used to "describe" an event (or even a sequence of events) without uttering more than 8 or 9 syllables; in essence, a substitute for original thought.
Hawkisms

· He gone

· Gaaaas

· Duck snort

· Grab some bench

· Chopper, two hopper

· Cinch it up and hunker down

· Sit back, relax, and strap it down

· I Luuuuuuuv cotton candy

· I Luuuuuuuv e-mail

· I Luuuuuuuv America

· I Luuuuuuuv when you analyze

· I Luuuuuuuv hats

· I Luuuuuuuv that duck

· Catbird seat

· Hang wiff 'em

· Roll him up right here

· Sacks packed with Sox

· You can cancel the post game show

· C'mon, you gotta do some chunkin' right here

· We've got 'em right where we want 'em

· Zone him in, reel him in, and light him up

· Gotta bristle up right here

· Big hack, no contack

· C'mon, be a two strike hitter

· We got a whooole lotta work to do

· He's on the bump tomorrow

· That ball hit deep

· Dadgum right

· Good speed aboard

· He needs to bow his neck

· Right size, wrong shape

· He just missed that one

· Double barrel of action

· Down to their last bullet

· Thank you very much

· Ducks on the pond

· Rack ‘em up

· Stay fair

· Get foul

· Poof

· Ball 4 base hit

· Should be…it is

· Mercy!

· Get on back there

· STRETCH

· Can-o-corn

· Pick-to-click

· Sucks it up

· Watch out

· He got a cookie there D.J.

· The dreaded leadoff walk

· Getting ridden hard and put away wet

· Lookin' for it, got it, and couldn't do nothin' with it

· "Heiny bird???"

· That's trouble

· This game is "O-VAH!"

· Way back, he looks up, you can put it on the board...YES!

· This ball game is ova!
Hawkism by Heave the Hawk June 26, 2009
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Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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