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Hawking

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Haw·king  (hôkng), Stephen William Born 1942.
British theoretical physicist noted for his research into the origin of the universe. His work influenced the development of the big bang and black hole theories.
hawking [ˈhɔːkɪŋ]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) another name for falconry
Hawking [ˈhɔːkɪŋ]
n
(Biographies / Hawking, Stephen William (1942 M, British, SCIENCE: physicist, WRITING: science writer) Stephen William. born 1942, British physicist. Stricken with a progressive nervous disease since the 1960s, he has nevertheless been a leader in cosmological theory. His A Brief History of Time (1987) was a bestseller
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Noun1.Hawking - English theoretical physicist (born in 1942)
Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking
2.Hawkinghawking - the act of selling goods for a living
peddling, vending, vendition
marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
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hawking
n → (Falken)beize f, → Falkenjagd f


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But other times they just lazy around; or go hawking -- just hawking and sp -- Sh
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
On seeing this, the inquisitive youths manifested with rustic freedom their contempt for such paltry sport, and, after a dissertation among themselves upon the disadvantages of hawking, they returned to their occupations; one only of the curious party, a stout, stubby, cheerful lad, having demanded how it was that Monsieur, who, from his great revenues, had it in his power to amuse himself so much better, could be satisfied with such mean diversions.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
In the next cell was another man, who was going to the same prison for hawking tin saucepans without license; thereby doing something for his living, in defiance of the Stamp-office.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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