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hawk-eye

hawk-eye noun: a person with keen eyesight or one who is especially observant.

Noun

hawk-eye (plural hawk-eyes)

  1. A person with keen eyesight or one who is especially observant.
  2. (US) A native or inhabitant of Iowa.

Proper noun capitalized: Hawk-Eye

Hawk-Eye

  1. A system, using six static television cameras and sophisticated computing, to track the path of the ball in flight.

Forms of hawk-eye

pluralhawk-eyes
alternative formhawkeye

Origin of hawk-eye

From hawk + eye, a reference to the bird of prey's noted eyesight.

Words formed from hawk-eye

Questions about hawk-eye

What does hawk-eye mean?
Hawk-eye means a person with keen eyesight or one who is especially observant.
What part of speech is hawk-eye?
Hawk-eye can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hawk-eye?
The plural of hawk-eye is hawk-eyes.

Words near hawk-eye in the dictionary

  1. hawk-billed
  2. hawk-cuckoo
  3. hawk-cuckoos
  4. hawk-eagle
  5. hawk-eagles
  6. hawk-eye
  7. hawk-eyed
  8. hawk-eyes
  9. hawk-faced
  10. hawk-fly
  11. hawk-headed parrot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hawk-eye (page history and authors); Hawk-Eye (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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