honkin'
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From honking or honkingly by shortening.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
honkin' (comparative more honkin', superlative most honkin')
- (US, slang) Emphatically or impressively big; really big.
- (US, slang) Used as an intensifier.
- 1997 March 5, Will Hermes, “The Importance of Being Earnest: U2 goes forward and backward with Pop”, in Minneapolis City Pages:
- But that hasn't stopped U2 from assuming the mantle as the biggest, honkin'-est rock band in the world and running with it.
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Adverb[edit]
honkin' (comparative more honkin', superlative most honkin')
- (US, slang) Very; tremendously.