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Plural of nighthawk

regular plural

The plural of nighthawk is nighthawks.

Forms of nighthawk

Singularnighthawk /ˈnʌɪthɔːk/
Pluralnighthawks
Countablecountable

Nighthawks in a sentence

  • Imagine they too hold treasures buried of Vesuvius' killing day and why not ever earlier discovered by archaeologists or doghearted nighthawks like myself, I know not.2021, Titch Laudrigan, From Mago’s Cellar. From the entry doghearted

Meaning of nighthawk

  1. noun A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar).
  2. noun A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.
  3. noun A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.

Full definition of nighthawk

Questions about the plural of nighthawk

What is the plural of nighthawk?
The plural of nighthawk is nighthawks.
Is nighthawk countable?
Nighthawk is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nighthawk (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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