HONK - 8 definitions found
honk n 1: the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) v 1: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot] 2: use the horn of a car [syn: honk, claxon] 3: cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" [syn: honk, 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, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down] honk kohn Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) honk I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1835 intransitive verb 1. to make the characteristic cry of a goose 2. to make a sound resembling the cry of a goose transitive verb to cause (as a horn) to honk II. noun Date: 1854 the characteristic cry of a goose; also a similar sound Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary honk (honks, honking, honked) If you honk the horn of a vehicle or if the horn honks, you make the horn produce a short loud sound. Drivers honked their horns in solidarity with the peace marchers... Horns honk. An angry motorist shouts. = hoot VERB: V n, V • Honk is also a noun. She pulled to the right with a honk. N-COUNT English Explanatory Dictionary honk hɔŋk n. & v. --n. 1 the cry of a wild goose. 2 the harsh sound of a car horn. --v. 1 intr. emit or give a honk. 2 tr. cause to do this. [imit.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Honk \Honk\, n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zo["o]l.) The cry of a wild goose. -- Honk"ing, n. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 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 |
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