hawk, noun

Origin:: U.S. EnglishShow more Probably transferred use of U.S. English hawk one who procures young men and boys for homosexuals.

prison slang

The dominant male in a homosexual relationship. Cf. hasie sense 2.

1965, 1974 [see hasie sense 2].

1987 S.A. Botha in Frontline Oct.–Nov. 11The Hawks were the masculine guys — usually doing a long stretch, sufficiently hungry for physical companionship not to care about whether the opposite sex provided it.

The dominant male in a homosexual relationship.

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hau, interjectionint.hawk’s-eye, nounn.

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