Meaning & use
hawking
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Selling goods, often aggressively or loudly, typically in the street or by calling out to passersby.
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Vendors were hawking souvenirs outside the stadium before the game.
He spent his summer hawking newspapers on the corner of Main Street.
A note on using this word
The verb comes from "hawker," a term for an itinerant street seller, and is unrelated to the bird of prey despite the shared spelling.
Words with a similar meaning
peddlingsellingtouting
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Words with an opposite meaning
buying
Another way to use it
2. verb
Clearing the throat noisily, often to bring up phlegm.
He was hawking and spitting on the sidewalk, much to the disgust of passersby.
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