name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhɔːkɪŋ/
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General-American:/ˈhɔkɪŋ/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈhɑkɪŋ/
CMU ARPABET:HH AO1 K IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
An English surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Hawkins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
Action of the verb to hawk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of hawk
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the act of selling goods for a living
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vending, peddling, vendition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: selling, merchandising, marketing
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noun
Meaning 5
English theoretical physicist (born in 1942)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physicist
History
Etymology
Variant of Hawkin
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.