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Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n. [Of imitative origin.]

(Zool.) The cry of a wild goose. -- Honk"ing, n. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n.

1. To make a sound like the honk of a goose. [PJC]

2. Specifically: To sound the horn on an automobile or other motor vehicle. [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

72 Moby Thesaurus words for "honk": bay, beep, bell, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow the horn, bray, bugle, cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, clarion, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drum, fanfare, flourish of trumpets, gabble, gaggle, gobble, guggle, hoo, hoot, peal, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roll, scold, shriek, sing, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, squawk, squeal, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, toot, tootle, trill, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, tweet, twit, twitter, warble, whistle, wind

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

honk

noun

the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)

verb

1: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: blare, beep, claxon, toot]
2: use the horn of a car [syn: claxon]
3: cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" [syn: cronk]
4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Honk \Honk\, n. [Of imitative origin.]

(Zo["o]l.) The cry of a wild goose. -- Honk"ing, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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