shitehawk
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A large scavenging or predatory bird; especially (originally in military use in South Asia) the black kite.
British usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Possibly one of the most highly protected birds today is the kite, known by the British Army throughout the world as a shite-hawk."
- "Shite-hawks..are more properly known as black kites,..gaining their unlovely nickname from British troops who used to get the meat stolen from their plates by these bold and skilful birds."
- ""Watch yer language, ye shitehawk." His da had heard the din from the kitchen and had decided to have his say in the matter."
- "What must it be like, to be such a fucking gimp, and see perfection, and know you're too much of a shitehawk to ever have it?"
- "When I win, Liam still suggests on the eighteenth green that I'm a nine-fingered shitehawk."
- "...any analyst who puts out a book with the word "ethics" in the title is invariably an incorrigible shitehawk."