All hawking synonyms
hawkΒ·ing
H h verb hawking
- broadcast β A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- promulgate β to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- puff β a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
- hype β to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- announce β If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
- publicize β to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- trumpet β Music. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
- run β execution
- grouse β any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- trail β to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- scratch β to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- ride β to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- dog β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- course β Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- gun β Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- shadow β a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- hound β Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- scent β a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- heel β a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
- canvas β Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags.
- shove β to move along by force from behind; push.
- monger β a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.
- trade β the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- vend β to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling: to vend flowers at a sidewalk stand.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- market β an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- huckster β a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- barter β If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
- persuade β to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- pitch β to smear or cover with pitch.
- dump β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- dispose β to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- snow β Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905β80, English novelist and scientist.
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- stock β a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- spiel β a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- traffic β the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- merchandise β the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- plug β an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- drum β a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- unload β to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
- wholesale β the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- bargain β Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- contract β A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- retain β to keep possession of.