Chicken Hawk Definition

noun
Any of various hawks, esp. an accipiter, that prey, or are reputed to prey, on barnyard fowl.
Webster's New World
An adult male who seeks out boys or young men for sexual activity.
Webster's New World
A person, esp. a politician, who avidly supports his country's military action but has avoided military service himself in the past.
Webster's New World

(archaic, zoology) Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.

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Noun

Singular:
chicken hawk
Plural:
chicken-hawks

Origin of Chicken Hawk

  • chicken (in the Old English sense of cycen: young fowl, its alleged primary prey) + hawk

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