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newshawk

newshawk noun: a keen investigative reporter.

Noun

newshawk (plural newshawks)

  1. (informal) A keen investigative reporter.
    • You didn’t have to peek out the door to know who was tearing her heart out in the street, keening over her dead brother even while the cops and newshawks were on their way.1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig

Forms of newshawk

pluralnewshawks

Origin of newshawk

From news + hawk.

Questions about newshawk

What does newshawk mean?
Newshawk means a keen investigative reporter.
What part of speech is newshawk?
Newshawk is a noun.
What is the plural of newshawk?
The plural of newshawk is newshawks.

Words near newshawk in the dictionary

  1. newsgroups
  2. Newsham
  3. Newsham with Breckenbrough
  4. newshand
  5. newshands
  6. newshawk
  7. newshawks
  8. newshen
  9. newshens
  10. newshole
  11. newsholes

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