The phrase "hawk up" is not a commonly used phrase in written English.
It is more commonly used in spoken or informal language. Example: The old man hawks up phlegm from his throat every morning. In this sentence, "hawk up" is used to describe the act of forcefully expelling phlegm or mucus from the throat. It could also be used to describe someone clearing their throat or spitting out phlegm.
If you leave your hawk up for a long time and then wash it out, be prepared for a lot of hair falling off your head.
Early this week, in the midst of stalemated talks with China over the release of 24 Americans detained on Hainan island, the commander of United States forces in the Pacific recommended dispatching the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk up the coast of China, to send Beijing's leaders a message of American resolve.
They constantly make this guttural sound like they're trying to hawk up a loogie but just can't, which could also explain why they're so cranky. .
Shareef Abdur-Rahim hit two foul shots to put the Hawks up, 87-84.
And Teague put the Hawks up by 52-30 at halftime by calmly hitting a long, stepback 3-pointer.
Jonathan Pryce's splendidly dangerous Prince internalised his father's ghost, hawking up its speeches as though the victim of Oedipal possession.
The foul was critical because it put the Hawks up by 3 points and allowed them to foul Sprewell with 1.8 seconds left to avoid a possible tie.
With 8 37 remaining and the Hawks up, 62-55, the crowd sensed St. Joseph's was about to close out the Deacons for good and rose to its feet.
In one scene, a male friend at Cambridge carries Hawking up some stone steps and asks him, "Does your disease affect, you know, everything?" Hawking, who is still able to speak a little, says, "Different system".
His singing on this remarkable debut – a cross between slurring, chewing and hawking up phlegm – often borrows its internal rhymes from hip-hop as much as it recalls his most obvious vocal forebear, Joe Strummer.
