Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for hen hawk. Search instead for hover-hawk.

hen hawk

American  

noun

  1. chicken hawk.

Etymology

Origin of hen hawk

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.