honk
verbnouninterjectionnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//hɒŋk//
- United States//hɑŋk//
- United States//hɔŋk//
To use a car horn.
verb
- 1
To use a car horn.
They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.
- 2
To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
- 3
To make the vocal sound of a goose.
- 4
slangTo vomit.
WAYNE: Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. Again. GARTH: What if he honks in the car?
- 5
slangTo have a bad smell.
- 6
informalTo squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.
She honked my titties.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
noun
- 1
The harsh note produced by a typical car horn.
The operator went out on to the platform with his handlamp and waved it in the traditional "wash-out" signal across the body. The engineer had been expecting this and responded at once with an acknowledging honk on the horn before bringing this huge, 16-car train gently to a stand at the platform.
- 2
The cry of a goose or similar bird.
- 3
slangA bad smell.
interjection
- 1
Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.
noun
- 1
Variant of honkyClipping of honky.
Forms
- plural
- honks
- past tense
- honked
- past participle
- honked
- present participle
- honking
- third person singular
- honks