Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

climate hawk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: cli-mate hawk
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An advocate of aggressive steps regarding climate change and clean energy.

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:climate hawk."

Etymology

Coined by journalist David Roberts in 2010.

Inflected Forms

climate hawks (plural)

Questions

What does climate hawk mean?: An advocate of aggressive steps regarding climate change and clean energy.
Where does climate hawk come from?: Coined by journalist David Roberts in 2010.

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