1) to zone in on a target whenever they express a desire to purchase merchandise
2) to zone in on a minor when they're being horny, with the intent of chastising them.
Note:
3*) hawlied: the past tense of the action of spending your money on merchandise
Person 1: Oh man, I want to buy some mer--
Person 2: Shut up! What if someone Hawleys? You don't have the money for it, fam.
Person 1: Oh god, I might be 16 but I want to b--
Person 2: Stop it, we can't have someone Hawleying in
Person 1: Dude, I hawlied so hard last week on EnStars so i'm broke as FUCK now
You know that thing that happens where you burp and a teeny bit of vomit comes up, and the back of your throat burns from the bile? From 6th Jan, 2021, that condition is known as a hawley.
Credit: ACAB from Newsweek comments forum
Dick: "graaah!"
Johnson:"What's wrong dude?"
Dick:"I've got a hawley. Must be that tuna taco I had this morning."
a lack of courage Adjective. cowardly, pusillanimous, craven, dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. hawley implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage. a cowardly failure to stand up for principle pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage.