honk

Onomatopoeic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɒŋk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɑŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋk

honk (third-person singular simple present honks, present participle honking, simple past and past participle honked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.

   They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.

2. (intransitive) To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
3. (intransitive) To make the vocal sound of a goose.
4. (informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
5. (informal) To have a bad smell.
6. (informal) To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.

honk (countable and uncountable, plural honks)

1. The sound produced by a typical car horn.
2. The cry of a goose.
3. (informal) A bad smell.

honk

1. Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.

honk (plural honks)

1. Clipping of honky.

• Kohn, khon

From Middle Dutch honc, likely through Old Dutch from Proto-Germanic *hank-, *hunk-. Only has cognates in the Frisian languages. Possibly related to haak (“hook”) and hoek (“corner”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔŋk/

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• Hyphenation: honk
• Rhymes: -ɔŋk

honk n (plural honken, diminutive honkje n)

1. (somewhat rare) home, place where one belongs, shelter
2. (games) base (safe zone)

• (home): thuis, heem

• honkbal
• honkvast
• krachthonk