gashawk

gashawk

slang A passing airplane. Used especially by birders as a pun on "goshawk" (a species of hawk). I sat out all morning hoping to catch a glimpse of the greater sage-grouse, but all I saw were some sparrows and a few gashawks overhead. Now that the airport's flight paths have changed, we birders see gashawks more than anything else out here. The birds all scattered at the sound of the approaching gashawk.

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gashawk

n. an airplane. (A play on goshawk, a species of hawk. From the point of view of a bird watcher.) All we saw this morning were two sparrows and a gashawk.

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