Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make-hawk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: make-hawk
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trained and seasoned hawk flown with young birds to teach them to take the quarry.

Etymology

From make (“companion, peer”) + hawk.

Inflected Forms

make-hawks (plural) makehawk (alternative)

Questions

What does make-hawk mean?: A trained and seasoned hawk flown with young birds to teach them to take the quarry.
Where does make-hawk come from?: From make (“companion, peer”) + hawk.

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