All hawking synonyms
hawkΒ·ing
H h verb hawking
- retail β the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- bum β Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- importune β to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- sponge β any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- accost β If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- proposition β the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- cadge β If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- mooch β to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- inquire β to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- seduce β to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- pray β to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- implore β to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- call β a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
- bespeak β If someone's action or behaviour bespeaks a particular quality, feeling, or experience, it shows that quality, feeling, or experience.
- postulate β to ask, demand, or claim.
- query β a question; an inquiry.
- approach β When you approach something, you get closer to it.
- petition β a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- touch β to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- resort β to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- panhandle β the handle of a pan.
- desire β A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- request β the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- beg β If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- requisition β the act of requiring or demanding.
- tout β to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
- supplicate β to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- refer β to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
- steer β to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- sibilate β to hiss.
- spatter β to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- discharge β to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- splutter β to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed: When pushed for an explanation, he always spluttered.
- slobber β to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
- spritz β to spray briefly and quickly; squirt: He spritzed a little soda in his drink.
- spit β to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- dispense β to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- distribute β to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- spit up β to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- build up β If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
noun hawking
- venery β the practice or sport of hunting; the chase.