honk
verbenominterjectionnomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//hɒŋk//
- États-Unis//hɑŋk//
- États-Unis//hɔŋk//
To use a car horn.
verbe
- 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
argotTo vomit.
WAYNE: Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. Again. GARTH: What if he honks in the car?
- 5
argotTo have a bad smell.
- 6
familierTo squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.
She honked my titties.
Étymologie
Onomatopoeic.
nom
- 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
argotA bad smell.
interjection
- 1
Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.
nom
- 1
Variante de honkyClipping of honky.
Formes
- pluriel
- honks
- passé
- honked
- participe passé
- honked
- participe présent
- honking
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- honks