Hawked
/hɔːkt/noun
Past tense and past participle of hawk; to hunt with a hawk, or to peddle goods aggressively.
Did you know?The selling sense of hawk developed from the image of a hawker loudly ‘hawking’ goods, while the hunting sense goes back to falconry, where a hawk was trained as a living weapon.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
hafoc
“A hawk or hawk-like bird of prey.”
Middle English
ME
hauke
“A hawk, especially a trained bird used in falconry.”
Middle English
ME
hawken
“To hunt with hawks; later, to cry or peddle goods.”
16th Century
English
hawk
“To peddle goods by calling out in public.”
Modern English
English
hawked
“Past tense/past participle of hawk, used for hunting with hawks or peddling aggressively.”