chicken hawk

noun

Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.

Slang. an older man who seeks out young boys as sexual partners.

Origin of chicken hawk

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Words nearby chicken hawk

chicken fat clot, chicken feed, chicken fillet, chicken-fried, chicken-fry, chicken hawk, chicken-hearted, chicken Kiev, chicken ladder, Chicken Little, chicken-livered

Example sentences from the Web for chicken hawk

That man's afraid o' me—jess as 'fraid as a chicken-hawk is of a gun, seh!
John March, Southerner|George W. Cable
The goshawk and chicken-hawk, in the amount of damage done, far exceed all other birds of prey.
Checking the Waste|Mary Huston Gregory
"There wouldn't be any chicken-hawk around here in these woods," said Joan.
Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
The name "chicken-hawk" is given to two or three different species of large broad-winged hawks of the genus Buteo.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg

She actilly did seem as if she was made out of steel springs and chicken-hawk.
The Attache|Thomas Chandler Haliburton

单词	chicken hawk
释义	chicken hawk noun Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry. Slang. an older man who seeks out young boys as sexual partners. Origin of chicken hawk An Americanism dating back to 1820–30 Words nearby chicken hawk chicken fat clot, chicken feed, chicken fillet, chicken-fried, chicken-fry, chicken hawk, chicken-hearted, chicken Kiev, chicken ladder, Chicken Little, chicken-livered Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chicken hawk That man's afraid o' me—jess as 'fraid as a chicken-hawk is of a gun, seh! John March, Southerner\|George W. Cable The goshawk and chicken-hawk, in the amount of damage done, far exceed all other birds of prey. Checking the Waste\|Mary Huston Gregory "There wouldn't be any chicken-hawk around here in these woods," said Joan. Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks\|Lillian Elizabeth Roy The name "chicken-hawk" is given to two or three different species of large broad-winged hawks of the genus Buteo. Elementary Zoology, Second Edition\|Vernon L. Kellogg She actilly did seem as if she was made out of steel springs and chicken-hawk. The Attache\|Thomas Chandler Haliburton
随便看	gearing gear knob gear lever gear pump gear ratio gearset gearshift gear train gear up gearwheel geb geber gebrselassie gecko ged gedact gedaliah gedanken experiment geddes geddit gee geebag geebung geechee gee-gee