honk

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/hɒŋk/
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/hɒŋk/ · /hɑŋk/ · /hɔŋk/

Definition of honk

11 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To use a car horn.
    “They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)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. (intransitive, slang)To vomit.
    “WAYNE: Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. Again. GARTH: What if he honks in the car?”
  5. (Australia, UK, slang)To have a bad smell.
  6. (informal)To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.
    “She honked my titties.”

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)The cry of a goose or similar bird.
  3. (Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A bad smell.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of honky.

intj

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

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Anagrams of honk

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from honk

7 playable · top: HON (6 pts)

Best play hon 6 points

3-letter words

1 word

2-letter words

5 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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