Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zool.)
The cry of a wild goose. --
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
honk
n : the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
v 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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