harkla — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hawk noun A medium-sized bird of prey that hunts other animals from the air.
Senses
harkla is used for these senses in English:
- clear one's throat To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expell air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.
- hawk (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.
hawk — full definition
- noun A medium-sized bird of prey that hunts other animals from the air.
- noun A person who supports an aggressive or forceful stance, especially in politics or economics.
- verb To sell goods, especially in public, often calling out to draw attention.
- verb To clear the throat noisily, often to bring up phlegm.