Honk

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zool.)
     The cry of a wild goose. -- {Honk"ing}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Honk \Honk\ (h[o^][ng]k), n.
     1. To make a sound like the honk of a goose.
        [PJC]
  
     2. Specifically: To sound the horn on an automobile or other
        motor vehicle.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  honk
       n : the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
       v 1: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: {blare},
             {beep}, {claxon}, {toot}]
       2: use the horn of a car [syn: {claxon}]
       3: cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" [syn: {cronk}]
       4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
          drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
          continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
          him last night" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit up}, {purge}, {cast},
           {sick}, {cat}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {retch},
           {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {regurgitate},
           {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "honk":
     bay, beep, bell, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow the horn, bray,
     bugle, cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp,
     chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, clarion, cluck,
     cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drum, fanfare,
     flourish of trumpets, gabble, gaggle, gobble, guggle, hoo, hoot,
     peal, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roll, scold, shriek, sing, sound,
     sound a tattoo, sound taps, squawk, squeal, tantara, tantarara,
     taps, tarantara, tattoo, toot, tootle, trill, trumpet,
     trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, tweet, twit, twitter, warble,
     whistle, wind