Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In hanking, the act of rising up to the prey that is already in the air.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The rise of a hawk after prey.

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Examples

  • Joining Giamatti on his odyssey are Rosamund Pike as Barney's soul-mate, Miriam, and Dustin Hoffman as Barney's ex-cop dad plus, bonus for all you Due South fans out there: Paul Gross, back in his Mounty uniform!

    Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Richard J. Lewis on Barney's Version Dan Persons 2011

  • Joining Giamatti on his odyssey are Rosamund Pike as Barney's soul-mate, Miriam, and Dustin Hoffman as Barney's ex-cop dad plus, bonus for all you Due South fans out there: Paul Gross, back in his Mounty uniform!

    Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Richard J. Lewis on Barney's Version Dan Persons 2011

  • The only thing I was thinking while going through security after Christmas was: "It's not fair that we have to be patted down my members of the same sex because that girl Mounty is awfully cute."

    WeCU Steve Perry 2010

  • Just found some hot erotic literature from Canadian Forum: "Overpowered by lust and lager, Jean Pierre took off his Mounty uniform and cautiously snuck his hockey stick across her southern boarder right between her back bacon curtains until he exported his syrup, leaving her beaver pelt sticky and reeking of maple"

    DOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP 2008

  • OK, so you really don't care a loonie (a Mounty Dollar) what is taking place in our frigid northern neighbor except to ensure that the next Molson shipment is not hijacked at the border.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: "Prorogue" Eh! A Coup in Ottawa? 2009

  • OK, so you really don't care a loonie (a Mounty Dollar) what is taking place in our frigid northern neighbor except to ensure that the next Molson shipment is not hijacked at ...

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: "Prorogue" Eh! A Coup in Ottawa? 2009

  • OK, so you really don't care a loonie (a Mounty Dollar) what is taking place in our frigid northern neighbor except to ensure that the next Molson shipment is not hijacked at ...

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: "Prorogue" Eh! A Coup in Ottawa? 2009

  • “What is it, Mounty?” cries Harry, all of a tremble.

    The Virginians 2006

  • "What is it, Mounty?" cries Harry, all of a tremble.

    The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • Just be sure not to listen too often or you'll find yourself singing "He is like a Mounty, He always gets his man."

    Alive and Young 2010

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