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hawking

1 American  
[haw-king] / ˈhɔ kɪŋ /

noun

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

Hawking 2 American  
[haw-king] / ˈhɔ kɪŋ /

noun

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

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.

Etymology

Origin of hawking

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

Example Sentences

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He said that ServiceNow works with major companies and can leverage those longstanding relationships to fend off competition from new vendors hawking agentic AI offerings.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Vietnamese crypto startups hawking everything from NFTs to blockchain-based lending and trading services have been hammered, with bankruptcies and layoffs roiling the industry.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Super Bowl commercials hawking artificial intelligence-powered products this year outnumbered those in traditional categories like automobiles and beer as tech companies including OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Genspark and Wix pushed visions of an agentic future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

While not every ad is hawking some form of A.I., plenty will be incorporating its use, with and without celebrities.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

Henrietta stuck her head out the door and hopped down on the ground, hawking and cackling and having a huge old chicken conversation.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

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