Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
ball-hawking is an adjective meaning "used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit". It carries one recorded sense.
used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit
“a ball-hawking center fielder”
baseball · basketball · football
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ball-hawking come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.