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hawk

/hɔk/ /hɔːk/
  1. 1 (malı) dolaşarak satmak, seyyar satıcılık yapmak

Definition (English)

To try to sell goods by carrying them from place to place and asking people to buy them.

Example Sentences

  1. Street sellers were hawking bottled water to drivers stuck in traffic.
    Seyyar satıcılar trafikte sıkışan sürücülerin arasında dolaşarak şişe su satıyordu.
  2. He spent months hawking his screenplay around film studios.
    Senaryosunu satmak için aylarca film stüdyolarını dolaştı.

Verb Forms Regular

Base hawk
/hɔk/
Past hawked
/hɔkt/
Participle hawked
/hɔkt/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edhawk → hawked

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /k/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. hawked /hɔkt/

Synonyms

peddleselltoutpush

Collocations

hawk goodshawk something on the streethawk something aroundhawk your wares

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