chicken hawk

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von chicken hawk im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Relevante Übersetzungen

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"

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