chicken hawk

listen to the pronunciation of chicken hawk
Englisch - Englisch
An advocate of war or military action who is avoiding personal military service, or avoided it in the past
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
An adult male preferring younger male sexual partners
{i} any of the several hawks that prey on chickens, hen hawk; (Slang) person who has never served in the army but favors aggressive or warlike political policy to carry through a foreign policy; (Vulgar Slang) older man who searches for boys or young men as his sexual partners
nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry
chicken hawks
plural form of chicken hawk
chickenhawk
A political epithet. A draft-dodger, especially in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements
chickenhawk
A sexual predator- an older, usually more powerful man who preys on adolescent boys for sex
chickenhawk
A common name for one of three species of bird- the Cooper's hawk, the sharp-shinned hawk and the red-tailed hawk
chickenhawk
{i} any of the several hawks that prey on chickens; red-tailed hawk; (Slang) person who has never served in the army but favors aggressive or warlike political policy to carry through a foreign policy; (Vulgar Slang) older man who searches for boys or young men as his sexual partners
chickenhawk
A political epithet. A draft-dodger esp. in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements
chickenhawk
a common name for the red-tailed hawk
chickenhawk
A sexual predator. An older, usually more powerful man who preys on adolescent boys for sex. The logic of this idiom depends upon equating young males with chickens: As chickenhawks are thought to prey upon chickens (fowl) then, metaphorically, older gay men who "prey" on younger males, i.e. "chicken", are called "chickenhawks"
chicken hawk

    Silbentrennung

    chick·en hawk

    Türkische aussprache

    çîkın hôk

    Aussprache

    /ˈʧəkən ˈhôk/ /ˈʧɪkən ˈhɔːk/

    Etymologie

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