honk
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 4
/hɒŋk/
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/hɒŋk/ · /hɑŋk/ · /hɔŋk/
Definition of honk
11 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(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
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(intransitive, transitive)To use a car horn.
“They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.”
- (intransitive)To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
- (intransitive)To make the vocal sound of a goose.
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(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?”
- (Australia, UK, slang)To have a bad smell.
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(informal)To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.
“She honked my titties.”
noun
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(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.”
- (countable, uncountable)The cry of a goose or similar bird.
- (Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A bad smell.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of honky.
intj
- Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Words you can make from honk
7 playable · top: HON (6 pts)
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