1A hawk of a type that is reputed to prey on domestic fowl.
〈北美〉猎食家禽的鹰
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A solitary chicken hawk circled so slowly on a high updraft of air that he looked to be hanging motionless, a small brown kite.
Red-tailed hawks are returning. They are also called chicken hawks although they normally eat more rodents, woodchucks, and rabbits than chickens.
A chicken-hawk flew down onto one of the burnt tree stumps.
There was no one to overhear them save a speckled chicken hawk circling lazily on the updraft from the mountain.
Overhead, a tiny but persistent washi bird attacked a much bigger chicken hawk on the wing to try and get feathers for its nest.
1.1informal An older man who seeks younger men or boys as sexual partners.
〈非正式〉物色男童（或年轻男子）的同性色魔
2informal A person who speaks out in support of war yet has avoided active military service.
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In other words, it appears that he was something of a rightwinger, but hypocritical about his own status with the draft - a prototype of what we would now call a chickenhawk.
What amazes me is how the current chicken hawks have conned America about how patriotic they are.
In a whole series of pieces, Newfield went after what he crudely called the chicken hawks, the right-wing drum-bangers who had either dodged the war or invented a record in it.
Like every other member of the group, we evaded the war in Vietnam. Some people see an ethical problem in this; they refer to us as chicken hawks.
But having to go to the UN at all was a defeat for the largely civilian 'chicken hawks' who make up the war party in Washington.
Voter chose the chickenhawk over the war hero.
The chickenhawks, the cabal of right-wingers who never saw the far side of a military training ground, are the men now banging the drums for war in the White House.
Lately, the chicken hawks have been dissing the generals as sissies.
Every so often, anyone who supported the war has to contend with the cries of "Chickenhawk!"
I really enjoy listening to these chickenhawks bloviating about the anti-war movement.
Definition of chicken hawk in US English:
chicken hawk
(also chickenhawk)
noun
US
1A hawk of a type that is reputed to prey on domestic fowl.
〈北美〉猎食家禽的鹰
Example sentencesExamples
Red-tailed hawks are returning. They are also called chicken hawks although they normally eat more rodents, woodchucks, and rabbits than chickens.
There was no one to overhear them save a speckled chicken hawk circling lazily on the updraft from the mountain.
A chicken-hawk flew down onto one of the burnt tree stumps.
A solitary chicken hawk circled so slowly on a high updraft of air that he looked to be hanging motionless, a small brown kite.
Overhead, a tiny but persistent washi bird attacked a much bigger chicken hawk on the wing to try and get feathers for its nest.
1.1informal An older man who seeks younger men or boys as sexual partners.
〈非正式〉物色男童（或年轻男子）的同性色魔
2informal A person who speaks out in support of war yet has avoided active military service.
Example sentencesExamples
What amazes me is how the current chicken hawks have conned America about how patriotic they are.
In other words, it appears that he was something of a rightwinger, but hypocritical about his own status with the draft - a prototype of what we would now call a chickenhawk.
In a whole series of pieces, Newfield went after what he crudely called the chicken hawks, the right-wing drum-bangers who had either dodged the war or invented a record in it.
Lately, the chicken hawks have been dissing the generals as sissies.
But having to go to the UN at all was a defeat for the largely civilian 'chicken hawks' who make up the war party in Washington.
I really enjoy listening to these chickenhawks bloviating about the anti-war movement.
Voter chose the chickenhawk over the war hero.
The chickenhawks, the cabal of right-wingers who never saw the far side of a military training ground, are the men now banging the drums for war in the White House.
Like every other member of the group, we evaded the war in Vietnam. Some people see an ethical problem in this; they refer to us as chicken hawks.
Every so often, anyone who supported the war has to contend with the cries of "Chickenhawk!"