What is the meaning of hawk?

noun

• Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
• An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations.
  • synonyms: war hawk
• A square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar.
  • synonyms: mortarboard

verb

• Sell or offer for sale from place to place.
  • synonyms: peddle, monger, huckster, vend, pitch
• Hunt with hawks.
  • usage: "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"
• Clear mucus or food from one's throat.
  • usage: "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"
  • synonyms: clear the throat