HAWKING Definition & Meaning

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noun

the sport of hunting with hawks or other birds of prey; falconry.

Hawking

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noun

Stephen William, 1942–2018, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.

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Stephen William. Born 1942, British physicist. Stricken with a progressive nervous disease since the 1960s, he has nevertheless been a leader in cosmological theory. His publications intended for a wide audience include A Brief History of Time (1987) and The Grand Design (2010)

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another name for falconry

Hawking

British physicist noted for his study of black holes and the origin of the universe, especially the big bang theory. His work has provided much of the mathematical basis for scientific explanations of the physical properties of black holes.

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Origin of Hawking¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; hawk ¹, -ing ¹

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Instead, he has chosen to fight on, hawking pillows, sheets and slippers to pay his legal bills as he goes.

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In fact, he brought him along on his Middle East Grift Trip where he was hawking his companies to all the same kings and potentates.

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But in Amazon’s first statement, it described Haul as hawking “ultra low cost” goods — not “imported” goods, or goods “uniquely reliant on global supply chains.”

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Or, ooo, nothing says “presidential” like some of those ridiculous Trump trading cards he was hawking before the election.

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Musk waving around a chainsaw and Trump hawking Teslas on the White House driveway last week says it all.

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