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  hawking

  noun

  the sport of hunting with hawks or other birds of prey; falconry.
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  Hawking

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  Stephen William, 1942–2018, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.

hawking

¹ American  

[haw-king] / ˈhɔ kɪŋ /

noun

1. the sport of hunting with hawks or other birds of prey; falconry.

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Hawking ² American  

[haw-king] / ˈhɔ kɪŋ /

noun

1. Stephen William, 1942–2018, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.

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Hawking ¹ British  

/ ˈhɔːkɪŋ /

noun

1. Stephen William. Born 1942, British physicist. Stricken with a progressive nervous disease since the 1960s, he has nevertheless been a leader in cosmological theory. His publications intended for a wide audience include A Brief History of Time (1987) and The Grand Design (2010)

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hawking ² British  

/ ˈhɔːkɪŋ /

noun

1. another name for falconry

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Hawking Scientific  

/ hô′kĭng /

1. British physicist noted for his study of black holes and the origin of the universe, especially the big bang theory. His work has provided much of the mathematical basis for scientific explanations of the physical properties of black holes.

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Etymology

Origin of hawking

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at hawk ¹, -ing ¹

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That’s another misunderstanding: We were hawking game, as we like to make a little cash on the side selling rare meats.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Ntinanirwa advised Burundians involved in hawking and other small businesses to avoid confrontation with police.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Even as Cash App looks to make Tags more widespread, there is still a market for smaller sellers hawking personalized accessories.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

In its earliest days, for example, Portnoy discovered that aspiring models from Boston University fared better hawking his free newspaper than did the homeless he first hired for the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

A newspaper boy was on the corner hawking his wares.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

“Relativity seems pretty solid. We haven’t seen any deviations from that,” said Katie Mack, Hawking chair in cosmology and science communication at the Perimeter Institute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Hawking later changed that picture by using quantum mechanics to demonstrate that black holes can emit particles and energy.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

In the early 1970s, Stephen Hawking expanded on the idea, arguing that these objects could be abundant throughout the universe, emit radiation, and possibly explain dark matter.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

“Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable,” writes Stephen Hawking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

One afternoon after school, after a snack of ice cream with caramel sauce, she flipped through the cable channels and stopped at a documentary about some guy named Stephen Hawking.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

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